Global cyber attackers are aggressively collecting currently encrypted data (government secrets, bank transactions, personal IDs). With the rapid development of quantum computers, today’s encryption algorithms (such as RSA, ECC) will become vulnerable within the next few years.
•Risk: The “top secret” file you transmit today is merely a “temporarily locked” trophy in the eyes of a hacker. Once quantum computers mature, the confidentiality of this data will instantly drop to zero.
•Impact on Information-Based Nations: As information-based nations implement data sovereignty strategies, how can they ensure that sovereign energy data or defense communications remain secure for the next 50 years? Traditional firewalls are powerless against this threat.
Traditional silicon-based chips are approaching their physical limits. Faced with increasingly vast smart cities or complex geological models for oil exploration, calculations that would take traditional supercomputers years to complete now need results in seconds.
•Reality: Data volume is growing exponentially, but data processing capability is struggling to keep pace. We need a new computing paradigm to break through this bottleneck.
Layman’s Explanation: If a traditional computer is a “person walking a maze,” needing to try every path sequentially, a quantum computer has a “God’s-eye view.” It can see all paths in the maze simultaneously and find the exit instantly.
Principle: Utilizing quantum superposition and entanglement. Capability: Able to solve complex optimization problems in extremely short times, such as traffic scheduling, new material R&D, financial risk modeling, etc. Product Form: Quantum Computer Systems, Dilution Refrigerators, Quantum Cloud Platform.
Principle: Utilizing the no-cloning theorem of quantum states. Effect: Any attempt to eavesdrop or copy the key will instantly cause the quantum state to collapse, much like touching a soap bubble. Result: The recipient will immediately detect the eavesdropping and discard the key. Therefore, the successfully transmitted information is absolutely secure based on the laws of physics. This is no longer a mathematical problem but a guarantee from physical law.
Layman’s Explanation: It’s like using a “special soap bubble” to deliver a message.
Product Form: Quantum Gateway, Quantum Key Transmitter/Receiver.