Iran presents as latest technology a circuit board that sells on Amazon for 600 dollars

Iran has failed again in a new attempt to deceive its population. This time they have presented as a “technological revolution” a quantum processor that is actually a cheap computer circuit board that you can find on Amazon.

The Iranian Navy last week displayed what it claimed was a new, state-of-the-art quantum processor it had developed to detect foreign vessels, it reported. Iran International.

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, coordinator of the Islamic Republic Army and former commander of the Navy, officially unveiled this device after delivering a speech on the country’s advances in modern technology.

However, this Iranian army device has generated controversy and ridicule on the country’s social networks. The reason is that this “quantum processor” is in fact a relatively basic circuit board available to buy on Amazon for $590.

It all started when I saw how some people started posting images of the exact processing board on social networks, which is apparently a cheap development board from the American company of hardware and software digilent. The Amazon version has been listed on the web since April 2016 and has 256 GB of storage, along with a single 5-star review.

It is not the first time that Iran exaggerates its technology for propaganda purposes

The truth is that Iranian officials they did little to convince viewers that their processor was, in fact, a revolutionary invention. Proudly displayed in a glass case, the board features a logo that reads “ZenBoard,” identical to the logos on products sold by the American manufacturer, so all you had to do was connect the dots—pun intended—and do a little research.

The quantum devices used to locate ships and navigate the sea are real. The UK Navy recently tested one such device, which uses ultracold atoms to act as a kind of accelerometer, and it’s actually nothing like what Iran has put forward.

True quantum devices are experimental pieces of equipment that don’t normally look like circuit boards of the kind you’d find in a typical computer. In fact, In this Iranian novelty there is no quantum component, such as a quantum circuit or processor, in the device.

Iran has on several occasions been accused of hiding behind terminology and exaggerating its devices as a propaganda tactic. The latest case was Iran’s so-called “hypersonic missile,” a description that is far from true and contains technical inaccuracies.

In 2020, the Iranian military revealed a device that it claimed could detect COVID and AIDS. It appeared to be similar to another device previously sold as a bomb detector.