21, October 2025, Taipei, Taiwan – Hon Hai Research Institute (HHRI), an R&D powerhouse of Hon Hai Technology Group (“Foxconn”) (TWSE: 2317), the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and technology service provider, achieved a breakthrough in fault-tolerant quantum computing that was published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Physics this month.

The findings in the paper titled, “Constant-Overhead Magic State Distillation,” realizes the first optimal Magic State Distillation protocols, fixing the resource consumption for magic states at a level independent of the target output precision. This overcomes the long-standing bottleneck in previous protocols of fault tolerance quantum computation, where resources had to grow significantly as the target error rate decreased.

The team, comprised of Min-Hsiu Hsieh, Director of the Quantum Computing Research Center at HHRI, together with HHRI researcher Adam Wills (now an MIT graduate student) and Prof Hayata Yamasaki from the University of Tokyo, utilized high-performance quantum codes, combined with transversal Clifford logical gates and efficient conversion mechanisms, ensuring that only a fixed number of input magic states are required to implement fault-tolerant T and CCZ gates—significantly enhancing the feasibility and efficiency of large-scale quantum computing.

This technological breakthrough will strengthen Taiwan’s position in quantum computing and quantum error correction research, furthering HHRI’s commitment and excellence in quantum technologies. HHRI will continue advancing quantum computing research to contribute to global technological innovation and industrial progress.

Nature Physics, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, is one of the world’s most influential journal in the field of physics, publishing major breakthroughs and cutting-edge research. It boasts a high Impact Factor of 19.3, according to Journal Citation Reports. Acceptance by Nature Physics reflects exceptional scientific merit and substantial impact on the field.

About Hon Hai Research Institute

The institute, founded in 2020 and part of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), has five research centers. Each center has high technology R&D professionals, all of whom are focused on the research and development of new technologies, the strengthening of Foxconn’s technology and product innovation pipeline, efforts to support the Group’s transformation from "brawn" to "brains", and the enhancement of the competitiveness of Foxconn’s "3+3+3" strategy.