Thank you, Mr. Gagnon‑Gordillo.
That's very good, what you just said.
Yes, there are prototypes at the moment that we can buy. We can also rent specialized access time. These prototypes work with a relatively small number of qubits, or quantum bits, for example 127 qubits. If we really want to apply algorithms on a large scale, for example, to break contemporary cryptographies, we need a lot more qubits. To our knowledge, no quantum computer currently allows us to do that, but there are prototypes that allow us to start experimenting and to see how well it works on a small scale.
We can rent a prototype from IBM, but there is also a Montreal company, Anyon Systems, that manufactures quantum computers. We can even place an order, and a quantum computer will be delivered within the next year or two. So we can buy a Quebec‑made quantum computer right now.