Posted on Jan 7, 2022
Eying military gains, France goes big on national quantum technology
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France is diving into the quantum realm with a new multi-sector, cutting-edge computing platform, and by investing billions of euros over several years to support research-and-development efforts in the emerging technology field.
Cabinet officials announced the launch of a national hybrid quantum computing platform in a Jan. 4 event. The effort stems from the nation’s quantum technology strategic plan, which President Emmanuel Macron started one year ago. The plan earmarked 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) to develop quantum technologies between 2021 and 2025, with the state providing 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion). The remaining funds will come from a mix of industry programs, European funding, and relevant startup investments. Leaders hope to create about 16,000 new jobs within this sector by 2030, per the French government.
Cabinet officials announced the launch of a national hybrid quantum computing platform in a Jan. 4 event. The effort stems from the nation’s quantum technology strategic plan, which President Emmanuel Macron started one year ago. The plan earmarked 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion) to develop quantum technologies between 2021 and 2025, with the state providing 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion). The remaining funds will come from a mix of industry programs, European funding, and relevant startup investments. Leaders hope to create about 16,000 new jobs within this sector by 2030, per the French government.
Eying military gains, France goes big on national quantum technology
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Always been fascinated by quantum physics started by reading about Schrodinger's cat. Sooner or later someone will figure out how to monetize it :)
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...“Moore’s Law is slowing down; we are reaching the limits of the density of chips,” he said during Tuesday’s launch event. “For that reason, we have to find another way to speed up computing. One of these ways is quantum computing.”
Meanwhile, Pasqal, a Paris-based quantum technology startup partially funded by the French Ministry of Defense, will merge with a yet-unnamed European software company “to strengthen our position in this field,” said CEO Georges Olivier Reymond on Tuesday.
European quantum computer builder IQM announced last month that it would open its fourth continental office in Paris. The company’s chief of products, Bjorn Potter, lauded France for having “gained a lot of momentum in accelerating quantum programs” as a major factor in their decision to set up shop there. IQM built a quantum fabrication facility in Espoo, Finland, and also holds offices in Munich and in Bilbao, Spain.
Hosting the platform at CEA’s military facilities will be “a real asset” to attracting defense industrial partners to the quantum world, Parly said. “We need to federate a quantum community … of start-ups, large groups, scientists and researchers to appropriate these new capacities, to test their limits in their respective fields of interest and to disseminate the new methods.”...
...“Moore’s Law is slowing down; we are reaching the limits of the density of chips,” he said during Tuesday’s launch event. “For that reason, we have to find another way to speed up computing. One of these ways is quantum computing.”
Meanwhile, Pasqal, a Paris-based quantum technology startup partially funded by the French Ministry of Defense, will merge with a yet-unnamed European software company “to strengthen our position in this field,” said CEO Georges Olivier Reymond on Tuesday.
European quantum computer builder IQM announced last month that it would open its fourth continental office in Paris. The company’s chief of products, Bjorn Potter, lauded France for having “gained a lot of momentum in accelerating quantum programs” as a major factor in their decision to set up shop there. IQM built a quantum fabrication facility in Espoo, Finland, and also holds offices in Munich and in Bilbao, Spain.
Hosting the platform at CEA’s military facilities will be “a real asset” to attracting defense industrial partners to the quantum world, Parly said. “We need to federate a quantum community … of start-ups, large groups, scientists and researchers to appropriate these new capacities, to test their limits in their respective fields of interest and to disseminate the new methods.”...
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