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China announces domestic quantum computer component days after US sanctions


As tech war heats up, a crucial quantum computing component can now be made in China, it has been announced.

Until now, a major obstacle to the module’s independent domestic production has been sourcing one key part – an ultra-low temperature specialised high-frequency coaxial cable. The US Commerce Department’s updated export control list released on May 9 named 22 of China’s leading players in quantum research and industrialisation among the 37 Chinese entities targeted. Named after the Monkey King of Chinese mythology, Origin Wukong is China’s latest and most advanced programmable and deliverable machine of its kind.

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