Academia Sinica unveils 20-qubit quantum computerBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterAcademia Sinica yesterday unveiled its 20-quantum-bit (qubit) superconducting quantum computer, a milestone in the nation’s quantum research since introducing its 5-qubit computer in 2023. “With the development of the 20-qubit superconducting quantum computer, Taiwan is officially at the starting point of the large-scale quantum chip fabrication process,” Academia Sinica president James Liao (廖俊智) said in a statement. Taiwan’s domestically developed 20-quantum-bit superconducting quantum computer is pictured in an undated photograph. The 20-qubit quantum computer project was started last year by first creating high-quality superconducting qubits using an 8-inch wafer fabrication platform, it said. Chen Chii-tung (陳啟東), executive director of Academia Sinica’s Thematic Center for Quantum Computer, said that a practical quantum computer requires high-quality, large-scale qubits to realize its full functionality.

Source: Taipei Times January 29, 2026 17:15 UTC