STORY: Exploring China's new quantum computer prototype with digital reporter
DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:39
LOCATION: HEFEI, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): ZHENG, Xinhua's digital reporter
2. various of "Jiuzhang 3.0"

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): ZHENG, Xinhua's digital reporter
"I am Zheng, a digital reporter at the Xinhua News Agency. Today, let's go inside 'Jiuzhang 3.0' and explore China's new quantum computer prototype together."

Chinese scientists unveiled a quantum computer prototype named "Jiuzhang 3.0" with 255 detected photons on Wednesday, once again pushing the boundaries of photonics quantum computing technology.

Led by the renowned Chinese quantum physicist Pan Jianwei, the research team has successfully accomplished this quantum computing feat, achieving a speed that is 10 quadrillion times faster in solving Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) problems compared to the world's existing fastest supercomputers.

Gaussian boson sampling, a classically intractable problem, was employed in this study to provide a highly efficient way of demonstrating quantum computational speedup in solving some well-defined tasks.

The study was published online in the journal Physical Review Letters on Wednesday Beijing Time.

According to the state-of-the-art exact classical simulation algorithm, "Jiuzhang 3.0" is a million times faster at solving GBS problems than its predecessor, "Jiuzhang 2.0." 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hefei, China.
(XHTV)