As is so often the case the whole world gets to hear about what is going on in the USA. The world, the internet, has a USA based centre of gravity and America likes to tart its wares. The endless self-promotion urge originates there. PR and hype have their home, therein. Understated is not a word in common parlance, not even sotto voce.
As someone who has probably read more patents than is good for them, who has even worked through in detail to understand dozens, it is something of a hobby.
“Old fart in his shed reads patents.”
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Speichergasse 6 Bern
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We have heard a lot about the big American tech companies and their quantum computing (QC) efforts. It is a piss on the street corner type of approach to mark territory. When I last looked in detail at the patent landscape ~2017-8 there were a lot of US patent applications on QC whereas the Chinese were then focussing on quantum communication and key distribution. There were a lot of Chinese applications.
Clearly quantum cryptography is the killer app for quantum computing.
First pass shows that the Chinese are now releasing press notes on their QC chip technologies, there are a few rumblings in Moscow. There are efforts elsewhere like Singapore and South Korea. An issue remains, quantum talent, and for Russia quantum brain drain has been mooted. The USA may worry about training would be Chinese quantum talent.
As mentioned earlier in the blog, I am due to be incapacitated in winter. So I might need somethings to keep me busy.
I wonder has there been any genuine quantum leap innovation since 2017?
What is left of the patent lifetimes?
Is it worth another scooby?
Dreamyoga 