China has announced a quantum photonic chip that its developers claim can accelerate certain AI and complex computing workloads by up to 1,000 times compared with today’s leading Nvidia GPUs, intensifying the global race to build next‑generation computing hardware.

The Quantum Technology and Industry Conference 2025, held in Hefei, Anhui Province, spotlighted China’s rapid progress in quantum technologies and their real-world applications.

In a recent segment on the Joe Rogan Experience, a claim made headlines in the tech community: China reportedly unveiled a quantum computer able to perform an equation in just four minutes that would take classical supercomputers an unfathomable 2.6 billion years to solve.