CHINA has claimed they developed the world’s fastest quantum computer, which they say is 100 trillion times faster than Japan’s supercomputer.

CHINESE scientists have claimed they developed the world’s fastest quantum computer, which they say is 100 trillion times faster than Japan’s Fukagu supercomputer.

Quantum computing uses the field of quantum physics in an effort to drastically increase the speed at which computers can process information. The Chinese scientists report their prototype can perform calculations that a regular computer would take billions of years to solve. It comes as the country has been locked in a technological race with the US over who can achieve quantum supremacy.

Findings about the quantum computer were published in the journal Science on Thursday, with scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China in central Hefei behind the machine.

Lu Chaoyang, chief professor behind the experiment, said the team achieved the breakthrough by manipulating light particles.

Xinhua, China’s official news agency, claimed the computer was 10 billion times faster than Google’s Sycamore machine, which was launched last year.

The research also claimed the prototype was 100 trillion times faster than Japan’s Fukagu supercomputer, launched in June and widely held to be the faster computer in the world.

Originally published at Express