# Silicon qubits — the least fashionable approach — won twice

- slug: silicon-qubits-the-least-fashionable-approach-won-twice
- date: 2026-03-30
- category: Quantum Computing

Within just 16 days, rival researchers in Taiwan and Shenzhen independently announced major breakthroughs in an overlooked hardware architecture. That coincidence hides a much larger geopolitical strategy.

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