SpinQ Aims for 500 Qubits as Quantum Computing Race Accelerates
China's SpinQ plans a 500-qubit machine, accelerating real-world quantum computing with superconducting chips and global exports across 40+ countries.
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China’s SpinQ is betting that within three to five years, a 500-qubit quantum computer will finally break into real-world use, tackling chemistry, logistics and cryptography problems classical machines can’t. Founded in 2018 in Shenzhen’s Hetao zone, SpinQ has already shipped everything from three-qubit NMR demo rigs to 20-qubit superconducting systems—and even China’s first exported superconducting chip. They expect a 100-qubit box by end of 2025, but say fidelity and coherence have to improve big time before quantum advantage becomes practical.
While SpinQ rakes in sales across 40+ countries and just closed a hefty Series B round, its CEO admits China is still about three years behind the U.S. in the quantum arms race. Google’s 105-qubit “Willow,” Microsoft and Amazon’s mini-chips, and IBM’s fault-tolerance roadmap all show how fierce competition is heating up—but with solid government backing, new university programs and dedicated industry parks popping up, China’s ecosystem is turbo-charging its bid to catch up.
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