Nvidia The Corp Executive Director, Jensen Huang, said he did not realize that there were public trade companies with a quantum computer when he gave earlier comments, which made the industrial shares crashed.
“My first reaction was, I didn’t know they were public. How can quantum company be public?” Huang said at an event on Thursday focused on still strenuous technology.
Executivesaid in JanuaryThat “very useful” quantum computers are probably for decades, which causes the shares of Ionq Inc. and other companies demolish. The event on Thursday – part of Nvidia’s weekly GTC conference – has invited some of these companies to stage to discuss their appearance with Huang.
The quantum industry is aimed at using unique properties of subatomic particles to process data much faster than the traditional electronics based on semiconductors. Technical difficulties in the construction of practical systems meant that the field was still in the experimental phase. In addition to Quantum upstarts, companies like Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. Google They also try to find practical use for quantum systems.
Companies on stage at the event on Thursday included Ionq and D-Wave Quantum Inc. Huang said it is natural for this new form of computer science to develop for many years because it was so new. Companies could convince him that quantum calculation was happening faster than he expected, he said. “But I don’t know,” he joked.
“This whole session will be for me as therapy,” he said.
Six company leaders on stage gave him various answers. Some claimed that quantum computers are already used to solve serious scientific problems. Others believed that technology was even closer to helping in improving traditional computation.
The executives also said that it was not unreasonable to spend a decade, perfecting technology that would have such a major impact. Loic Henriet, whorunningThe French company Pasqal, claimed that the term “quantum calculation” was misleading. Quantum processors will help to act as accelerators – working together with traditional computers – instead of replacing them, he said.
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