The Innovation Authority announced the establishment of the largest conglomerate in its history - a quantum computing conglomerate with the participation of Elta, Quantum Art, Classic, Kedma and Raphael. The technological development will be supported by leading academic groups in Israel
The field of quantum computing is a high-risk field, but one that may place Israel at the forefront of the world as an enabling technology for the development of applications in a variety of markets. The association that has been approved continues the activities of the Innovation Authority in various programs and within the framework of the National Program for Science and Technologies (TLM Forum) Quantum to promote the Israeli industry and academia, to position it in the first row in the world, and to shorten the path to partnership in the competitive commercial market in the world.
The association will promote 2 quantum processor technologies - trapped ions and superconductors - which are among the most advanced and mature today in the world, alongside deep layers of quantum software. The key developments that will be promoted include the quantum processors themselves, system building blocks, coherent control tools, software tools for characterization and noise reduction, and a fully automated software environment from the application level to the physical implementation. The association will be directed by relevant applications, and will deal with proving performance and developing metrics for characterizing quantum computing systems.
The products of the association will include systemic technology demonstrations of quantum computing systems at the level of dozens of qubits, which will help advance Israeli industries to the forefront of the scientific and technological front.
As the technology matures, the Authority will stimulate the accessibility of technology to the R&D industry in Israel with the help of the quantum computing laboratory under construction.
Five Israeli companies participate in Maged: Elta Division of the Aerospace Industry, Quantum Art, Classic, Kedma and Rafael. The technological development will be supported by leading academic groups in Israel: Prof. Nadav Katz, Prof. Alex Retzker, and Prof. Ream Ozdin from the Hebrew University, Prof. Roi Ozeri from the Weizmann Institute, Prof. Michael Stern from Bar Ilan University, Prof. Steven Frankel and Prof. Tal Mor from the Technion, and a research group led by Dr. Ohad Birak from Soroka Hospital. The field of quantum computing is a high-risk field, but one that may place Israel at the forefront of the world as a technology that enables the development of applications in a variety of markets. The association that has been approved continues the activities of the Innovation Authority in various programs and within the framework of the National Program for Science and Technologies (TLM Forum) Quantum to promote the Israeli industry and academia, to position it in the first row in the world, and to shorten the path to partnership in the competitive commercial market in the world.
The products of the association will include systemic technology demonstrations of quantum computing systems at the level of dozens of qubits, which will help advance Israeli industries to the forefront of the scientific and technological front.
As the technology matures, the Authority will stimulate the accessibility of technology to the R&D industry in Israel with the help of the quantum computing laboratory under construction.
Dr. Ami Appleboom, Chairman of the Innovation Authority: "The quantum computer will fundamentally change the world in which we live, similar to, and perhaps more powerful than, the changes the world underwent with the introduction of computers into our daily lives during the last fifty years. Quantum computers are of utmost importance to the national strength of the State of Israel and the ability of the Israeli economy to continue to grow. In the initial stages, quantum computing will be realized in the challenges of huge databases that current computers take weeks and maybe years to calculate. With the development of quantum computing, it will penetrate into many areas of everyday life such as personalized medicine and more. The association approved by the Innovation Authority includes processors developed in Israel that use breakthrough technologies at the scientific and technological level. The structure of the operating system and the control of the Israeli quantum computer are also groundbreaking and unique in the world. The public, private and academic cooperation reflected in this association will place Israel at the forefront of the world's scientific and technological field in the field of quantum computing.
Dror Bin, CEO of the Innovation Authority: " In quantum computing, features and phenomena from quantum physics are used, to realize components, systems, capabilities and services, which allow performing calculations at a high level of complexity in orders of magnitude even compared to the supercomputers known today. The field is in its infancy and in a significant breakthrough towards commercialization, and the value of the global market is estimated at tens of billions of dollars within the next decade. This is perhaps the most disruptive technology today, with an expected impact in many markets such as in the medical and pharmaceutical fields, materials development, energy, transportation and logistics, security, and more. It is our duty as a government to invest in this area in order to lay the national infrastructure that will allow Israeli high-tech to continue leading the world."
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Like any scientific breakthrough, quantum computing also seems impractical and cumbersome. Every month that passes, more theoretical and technical problems are solved and turn science fiction into simply... science. Just as Israel does not need an arsenal like the USA's to produce an effective nuclear deterrent, it does not need the largest number of qubits in the world to build a glorious quantum program that will jumpstart R&D in Israel for decades to come. The ability to develop a techno-scientific complex in Israel, to keep here some of the brilliant minds in the field, and to develop another channel for Israeli innovation is an asset in any case, and it is difficult to estimate the cumulative value that will be created from the knowledge that will be accumulated in the project and distributed through the engineering universities and our future engineers
The quantum computer is a big bluff, no one knows how successful it will be if at all.
https://newsroom.ibm.com/2022-11-09-IBM-Unveils-400-Qubit-Plus-Quantum-Processor-and-Next-Generation-IBM-Quantum-System-Two
"The products of the association will include systemic technological demonstrations of quantum computing systems at the level of dozens of qubits, which will help advance Israeli industries to the front line in the scientific and technological front." - is that so? To promote something real you need at least a few thousand qubits. IBM recently announced a computer with 433 qubits, and it is also far from solving real problems (beyond proving the ability to solve problems that were put together just for this purpose).