China replaces imported quantum computer component with domestic product immediately after US sanctionsJust days after the US imposed yet another round of sanctions aimed at curbing China’s quantum technology, China announced that a core component in the field no longer needs to be bought overseas, according to mainland media reports.On Wednesday, less than a week after the updated sanctions list was released, Chinese quantum computing research company Origin Quantum said it had successfully created the crucial “high-density microwave interconnect module”.The component has been likened to the “neural network” of a quantum computer.Kong Weicheng, a researcher at Origin Quantum, told mainland...