QUANTUM COMPUTER

In the semiconductor industry, the diversity of processor chips in the market ensures efficient utilizations on selected applications. In analogy, to avoid overpaying for the over-abundant calculating capability, quantum computers are currently designed and built around the world with various hardware architectures to engage in different business areas. Without the treat called “Quantum Computers,” most real-life hard problems will remain unsolved, and the business need not to invest on quantum cybersecurity.

Global research community has pictorially foreseen that in a few years to come, quantum computing and artificial intelligent (AI) will be combined as a key ingredient for industrial productivity and competitiveness. Allegorically, if Thailand were an enterprise, what Thailand should prepare at this precise moment for the emergence of fully functional quantum computers are

1. Study the first-wave industries namely chemicals and pharmaceuticals, global energy and materials, transportation network, autonomous vehicles, and cybersecurity to further recognize the value for other advance industries.
2. Develop an in-house hardware and software quantum team specifically assigned for related classically hard problems. To begin with, Thailand must first select the champions in both technical approaches and full-time researchers.
3. Establish partnerships with leaders in the field to participate in directing the global trend for the benefit of Thailand.
4. Map out a migration plan from classically encrypted data assets to quantum-protected system.

The aforementioned are to emphasize that quantum computing hardware development is necessary for national sustainability through the technologically disruptive era. Few prudent schemes for implementation are needed to cease the consequences of failure that will be widely devastating over the whole society and economy. However, before proceeding forwards, Thailand must see its reflection on the present capacity and capability so that turning strategies and plans into actions are optimal and feasible.

Useful quantum computer and simulator must be 1) relevant to applications and/or understanding 2) able to control over state preparation, initialization, manipulation, evolution, and detection 3) statistical within a prescribed error / reliability 4) more efficient than a classical counterpart does. While quantum annealing devices are on the business service and a quantum simulator could be first experimentally realized; our primary goal must be not less than a digital superconducting quantum computer. Be that as it may, no matter how good a game plan we foresee, bold decision making with perpetually strong political will is considerably eminent above the outline well-founded on justifiable assets and anticipatable resources.

Allegorically, if Thailand were an enterprise, here describes what we should do at this precise moment for the emergence of fully functional quantum computers.

1.  Study the first-wave industries namely chemicals and pharmaceuticals (quantum simulation / computation), global energy and materials (quantum simulation / computation), transportation network (quantum optimization), autonomous vehicles (quantum AI), and cybersecurity (quantum decryption) to further recognize the value for other advance industries.
2. Develop an in-house quantum team specifically assigned for related classically hard problems. To begin with, Thailand must first select the champions in both technical approaches and full-time researchers.
3. Along with no. 2), establish partnerships with leaders in the field to participate in directing the global trend for the benefit of Thailand.
4. Map out a migration plan from classically encrypted data assets to quantum-protected system.

RCQT proposes: Feedback-control error suppression for hybrid quantum-classical computer.