There have been current options that the UK authorities is underinvesting in new microchip expertise in comparison with the EU or US. However what in the event that they’ve had a greater thought, and are as an alternative backing one thing that might end off microprocessors as absolutely as steam ships left crusing clippers of their wake?
The sector in query is quantum expertise, the place analysis suggests a revolution in laptop speeds is now attainable.
However is the UK’s early funding within the expertise of £2.5bn over the following decade – greater than the US – sufficient to make sure it reaps the rewards?
Newsnight’s Science and Expertise Correspondent Kate Lamble studies.
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