Nation's first quantum computing manufacturing plant opens in Bothell

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BOTHELL — Is Snohomish County, or at least the Seattle area, poised to become the nation’s quantum computing center?

At a ribbon cutting Thursday for IonQ’s new research, development and manufacturing facility in Bothell, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and others said demand for the super-speedy computers is growing every day, creating the potential to generate thousands of new jobs.

“Our region is already known worldwide for innovation and leadership. So it should come as no surprise that we are becoming Quantum Valley, if you will, for the United States,” Cantwell told a gathering of policymakers, university officials and more than 50 IonQ employees.

IonQ’s regional neighbors include the University of Washington’s Quantum X, one of the largest quantum computing centers and the recipient of $170 million in research grants, as well as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its Quantum Information Sciences division, said Cantwell, who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/nations-first-quantum-computing-manufacturing-plant-opens-in-bothell/

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1. Cool!

I love living through the science fiction I read 50 years or so ago. Space travel, "comm tabs", robots and and Tang. Now soon quantum computing which will change so much of what we do. Asimov was my favorite author because his science was based on real science and his fiction part was pretty good, too.

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2. Bot Hell ?? Rather ominous name. Hope that's not truly foreshadowing. nt