Quantum revolution : How Israel plans to power the next generation of computing

The next great technological revolution may emerge from a web of processors, algorithms and controllers, each built by different companies and tested together for the first time. For Israel, that is the premise behind a proposed national quantum-computing research and development center - and the reason Israel Innovation Authority CEO Dror Bin believes the country must move now. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org “Until just a few years ago, it was seen as something which is too futuristic and will not happen in our generation,” Bin said of quantum computing. “But in the last few years, there was really an acceleration in the development of such computers.” For Bin, the project is an effort to create the conditions in which Israeli companies can test, combine and refine the technologies that could become part of the world’s most advanced systems. When asked about the center’s main purpose, Bin described an emerging cluster of Israeli companies developing quantum technologies and components. “Some of them are already category leaders in some components of the future quantum computers,” he told The Media Line, adding that “something like 10% of the overall private investment in quantum computing companies was made…