Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional quantum systems now exist, but scaling them into truly powerful machines will require major advances in engineering and manufacturing. By comparing different quantum platforms, the study reveals both impressive progress and steep challenges ahead. History suggests the payoff could be enormous—but not immediate.
  • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    17 hours ago

    So, around 1947. Took about 14 years to get to being able to put into chips. So another decade and a half?

    Edit: and another 15 to 25 years after that for it to be in consumer households?

    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      16 hours ago

      From the byline:

      Quantum tech is at its transistor moment—promising, real, and powerful, but still years of hard work away from changing the world

      So pretty much, yeah.

    • funkajunk 🇨🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      16 hours ago

      Seeing as we now have a multitude of tools available to us that we didn’t have in 1947, I imagine it would be faster.

      • Gsus4@mander.xyzOPEnglish
        2·
        16 hours ago

        And an already existing consumer base with expectations that were only for hobbyists before…maybe that’s a bad thing, because it will constrain QC to evolve in ways that it would be better to explore rather than try to fit modern use cases (or worse: MBA-driven hype)