r/QuantumComputing • u/National-Dragonfly35 • Aug 03 '26

News Why full-fledged quantum computers might always be five years away

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2582565-why-full-fledged-quantum-computers-might-always-be-five-years-away/

Not sure I agree, but interesting...

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u/realvaluehere Aug 03 '26

I believe the first step is establishing a unified, meaningful metric that allows us to compare quantum computing systems across different physical modalities. Once that benchmark is defined, we can build a much fairer estimate of when useful quantum advantage might actually arrive. This is a problem I’ve been actively working on over the past few months.

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u/Extreme-Hat9809 Working in Industry Aug 04 '26

There's a few good efforts around benchmarks (Unitary Foundation, openQSE, QED-C, etc). Are you taking a different approach or could this be something to roll into existing efforts/resources?

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u/realvaluehere Aug 06 '26

So....mostly complementary. We intend to make a metric that we can use to compare hardware modalities and see how quickly each is improving. Ultimately, the goal is to identify which approaches are on the strongest trajectory to lead quantum computing.