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Mission of the DLR Quantum Computing Initiative
The United Nations has officially declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Technology. Quantum computers promise groundbreaking progress, particularly in the aviation industry, by making complex planning processes more efficient.
Quantum computing
Google has reached a milestone in quantum computing with its new “Willow” chip. According to Google, this chip can perform an extremely complex calculation in just five minutes.
Willow
Google caused a stir with the recent presentation of its latest quantum computer chip “Willow”. The impressive performance of the chip was less surprising than a hidden message in the blog entry accompanying the announcement: The computing power could be explained by the existence of parallel universes.
Quantum computer
Quantum computers will fundamentally change the way we look at humanity’s most complex problems. They promise new insights, from materials science to medicine and climate research. However, this future technology is also challenging established standards in cyber security.
Important breakthroughs achieved
Confidential patient data, bank details and highly sensitive government and military information must be increasingly protected against eavesdropping and hacking. The necessary basis for this is provided by quantum physics, which goes far beyond conventional mathematical techniques for encryption.
For the military and police
Super-fast computers can help soldiers and police officers in the field.
But exchanging data via the Internet with a remote data center is tricky for many reasons.
Making Germany more digitally sovereign
With its largest and most expensive project to date, the cyber agency wants to make Germany more digitally sovereign.
“Sovereignty is created by trading,” explained Christian Hummert, head of the Halle-based federal agency, in an interview with the German Press Agency.
Light instead of silicon
Q.ANT’s photonic native computing technology processes data using light instead of electrons.
It can therefore handle complex computing tasks more efficiently than today’s chip technologies.
The innovative photonic chip technology therefore has the potential to completely change the digital landscape.
Quantum technology made in Germany and Ireland
Unbreakable encryption and life-saving drugs developed with unprecedented precision are just a small taste of the transformative future that quantum computing promises.
Everything you need to know
Quantum computers work according to a completely different concept than conventional computers.
This makes them so incredibly fast that they are believed to have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes in various fields.
Find out how this concept works and what applications are currently being developed in this article.