Quantum computing uses the movement of subatomic particles to process data in amounts that modern computers can’t handle. China, Chinese universities and western financial institutions are rushing to patent more ways to use quantum technology for encryption, a study by research firm Patinformatics found. Technology companies from Microsoft to IBM to Alphabet Inc’s Google view quantum computing as the next revolution. “Japanese and Chinese companies aren’t as concerned about building them as they are about how they’ll be used,” Trippe said. The China Academy of Sciences and Beijing University are among the Chinese research firms seeking more patents on quantum information technology, according to Patinformatics.

Source: The Star April 10, 2018 01:30 UTC