长期以来，在量子计算领域，关于“Shor算法（用于破解现代加密体系的算法）”的资源估计一直是悬在行业头顶的达摩克利斯之剑。传统的资源估算认为，要破解RSA-2048加密系统，至少需要数百万个物理量子比特。这种“天文数字”量级的硬件需求，让很多人认为实用的容错量子计算（FTQC）仍需数十年之久。然而，就在3月30日，由 ...

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