Saudi Arabia has entered the global quantum computing race. Saudi Aramco, the government-controlled energy and chemicals company, said Monday it has installed the Kingdom’s first quantum computer, in a move that adds to mounting security concerns for Bitcoin and other blockchain networks. Aramco said the 200-qubit machine, built by Pasqal, a France-based neutral-atom quantum computing company, and installed at its Dhahran data center, has been designed for industrial applications such as energy modeling and materials research. Pasqal said it is the most powerful system the company has delivered to date. A qubit, or quantum bit, is the basic unit of a quantum computer.

Full report : Saudi Arabia has deployed its first quantum computer, renewing questions about the future of blockchain security.