The Quantum Industrial Base

Constanza Vidal Bustamante, Senior Researcher at CNAS and author of the landmark report Quantum’s Industrial Moment, joins ChinaTalk to map out how supply chains behind quantum computers wind through the US and China. Co-hosting are Chris Miller, author of Chip War, and Zachary Yerushalmi.Our conversation covers:What it takes to build a quantum computer — Inside the cryogenic supply chain, the helium-3 bottleneck, and why mining the moon might actually make sense.How export controls backfired — ...