The race to build a truly useful quantum computer is heating up! Both IBM and Google are making bold predictions, suggesting that industrial-scale quantum computers boasting a million qubits or more could be a reality by 2030. This follows significant progress from both companies, including IBM's blueprint for quantum computer architecture released in June, designed to tackle previous shortcomings, and Google's late-2023 advancement in scaling error correction, a crucial step in making quantum computers reliable.
Currently, experimental quantum systems are limited to fewer than 200 qubits. Scaling up presents significant engineering challenges. IBM faced crosstalk interference when scaling its 'Condor' chip to 433 qubits. Their solution involves low-density parity-check code, requiring significantly fewer qubits than Google's surface code method (reportedly 90% fewer!). However, this approach necessitates longer connections between qubits that are physically further apart.
Google, on the other hand, is focused on drastically reducing the cost of components, aiming for a $1 billion target price for a fully realised, large-scale machine. While these advancements are exciting, not everyone is convinced of the near-term timeline. Oskar Painter, a quantum hardware executive at Amazon Web Services, estimates that truly useful quantum computers are still 15-30 years away, citing ongoing engineering hurdles in scaling, even though the fundamental physics problems have largely been solved. The industry is clearly pushing forward, but significant challenges remain before quantum computers become commonplace.
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