Russia joins race to make quantum dreams a reality俄羅斯加入量子戰局

【摘要2019.12.30.自由】◎劉宜庭

Russia has launched an effort to build a working quantum computer, in a bid to catch up to other countries in the race for practical quantum technologies.

俄羅斯開始致力建造可投入應用的量子電腦，以期在實作量子技術的競爭中，趕上其他國家。

The government will inject around 50 billion roubles （US$790 million）over the next 5 years into basic and applied quantum research carried out at leading Russian laboratories, the country’s deputy prime minister, Maxim Akimov, announced on 6 December at a technology forum in Sochi.

俄羅斯副總理馬克司米．阿基莫夫12月6日在索契的一場科技論壇宣布，未來5年政府將投入約500億盧布（7.9億美元），推動國家重點實驗室在量子科學的基礎研究及應用。

Quantum technology already receives massive governmental support in a number of countries. The European Union’s €1-billion （US$1.1-billion） Quantum Flagship programme, first announced in 2016. Germany announced a €650-million national quantum initiative in August 2019. The Chinese and US governments are also spending billions on quantum science and technology programmes.

量子技術已獲得多國政府大力支持。歐盟2016年率先宣布一項10億歐元（11億美元）的量子旗艦計畫。德國2019年8月發表一項6.5億歐元的國家量子計畫。中國和美國政府同樣也在量子科學和技術項目投入數十億經費。

新聞辭典

quantum：名詞，量子。例句：Quantum bits can in theory process information faster than the binary bits.（理論上，量子位元的處理資訊速度快過二進制位元。）

quantum computer：名詞，量子電腦。例句：Quantum computers use elementary particles, which can exist in multiple quantum states at once, to carry out calculations.（量子電腦使用可同時存在數個量子態的基本粒子進行計算。）

practical：形容詞，實用、實作。例句：National initiative aims to develop practical technologies that could create ultra-secure communication networks.（國家計畫旨在發展實作科技，以創建超級安全的通訊網路。）