Taiwan recently unveiled a national team dedicated to quantum computing R&D, taking advantage of the island’s advanced semiconductor industry. An announcement was made about the initiative involving 17 research groups on March 16 by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the national research institute Academia Sinica, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),  reported Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency (CNA). The team consists of 72 experts and 24 enterprises, including specialists from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Foxconn, who will research quantum elements, computers, and communications systems. Although feasible applications are still thought to be decades away, the technologies are theoretically capable of exceeding the physical limitations of conventional computers upon successful creation. MOEA unveiled a plan to invest more than $11 million in the next four years, while MOST pledged $8 million over five years. The government fundings aim to kickstart Taiwan’s development of its own quantum …