ABSTRACT It has been anticipated that quantum computing (QC) would solve computational tasks involving quantum phenomena intractable for supercomputers based on digital technology. Concurrently, however, the vast development of artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in systems targeting these real‐world problems with unprecedented progress including protein design for drug discovery and constituent optimizations for novel magnetic materials. Even climate simulation has welcomed the AI era. This “News and Views” intends to provide an analysis of QC for future applications and associated technological challenges. Our analysis leads to a scenario in which room‐temperature QC technology acts as an energy‐efficient processor for large‐system computations likely targeting markets for mobile systems. With this scenario, silicon nanofabrication would contribute indispensably to further advancing QC technology in all aspects.
Zhang et al. (Mon,) studied this question.