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This is your The Quantum Stack Weekly podcast.
Hello, quantum enthusiasts! Leo here, coming to you live from my lab at Inception Point, where I've been buried in qubit matrices all weekend. But who am I kidding? There's nowhere else I'd rather be, especially with the quantum computing world absolutely buzzing this week.
Have you seen what's happening with D-Wave? Their stock is soaring after that impressive Q1 earnings report showing $15 million in revenue. Benchmark just raised their price target to $14, which tells you everything about where quantum computing investments are heading. I've been following D-Wave since their early quantum annealing days, and this commercial traction is exactly what our field needs.
But the real story I want to discuss today emerged just two days ago. Microsoft's topological qubit approach is gaining serious momentum. If you haven't been following, back in February they introduced the Majorana 1 processor, designed to scale to a million qubits using hardware-protected qubits. This is revolutionary stuff, folks.
When I visited their lab last month, the energy was electric. Imagine walking into a room where the temperature is colder than deep space, seeing these pristine quantum chips that operate at the boundary of physics itself. The lead scientist told me, "Leo, we're not just building better computers—we're speaking nature's language." That phrase has stuck with me.
What makes this breakthrough particularly significant is that Microsoft is leveraging an entirely new state of matter—neither solid, gas, nor liquid. My colleagues at SEEQC believe this work deserves a Nobel Prize, and I'm inclined to agree. The potential applications are staggering.
Think about it this way: Classical computing is like trying to solve a maze by checking one path at a time. Quantum computing explores every possible path simultaneously. Each additional qubit doubles the computational power, which means Microsoft's push toward million-qubit systems isn't just an incremental improvement—it's a paradigm shift.
Just yesterday, I was speaking with a pharmaceutical researcher who's already planning to use these systems to model complex protein folding. Problems that would take millions of years on classical systems could be solved in minutes. And when paired with AI? We're entering territory beyond our "limited imagination," as John Levy at SEEQC puts it.
This is especially meaningful as we celebrate 2025 marking the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics. From Schrödinger and Heisenberg's theoretical foundations to today's working quantum computers—what a journey it's been.
I find myself thinking about this when I'm stuck in traffic. All those cars, following one path at a time, while quantum systems explore all routes simultaneously. Maybe someday we'll have quantum-optimized traffic systems too.
The real question is: are we ready for this power? When quantum computing enables us to extend the periodic table, discover new molecules, and create superintelligent AI systems, how will society adapt? These are the questions that keep me up at night—well, these and debugging quantum algorithms.
Thank you for listening, quantum explorers. If you have questions or topic suggestions for future episodes, please email me at [email protected]. Remember to subscribe to The Quantum Stack Weekly, and keep exploring the quantum frontier with us. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Hello, quantum enthusiasts! Leo here, coming to you live from my lab at Inception Point, where I've been buried in qubit matrices all weekend. But who am I kidding? There's nowhere else I'd rather be, especially with the quantum computing world absolutely buzzing this week.
Have you seen what's happening with D-Wave? Their stock is soaring after that impressive Q1 earnings report showing $15 million in revenue. Benchmark just raised their price target to $14, which tells you everything about where quantum computing investments are heading. I've been following D-Wave since their early quantum annealing days, and this commercial traction is exactly what our field needs.
But the real story I want to discuss today emerged just two days ago. Microsoft's topological qubit approach is gaining serious momentum. If you haven't been following, back in February they introduced the Majorana 1 processor, designed to scale to a million qubits using hardware-protected qubits. This is revolutionary stuff, folks.
When I visited their lab last month, the energy was electric. Imagine walking into a room where the temperature is colder than deep space, seeing these pristine quantum chips that operate at the boundary of physics itself. The lead scientist told me, "Leo, we're not just building better computers—we're speaking nature's language." That phrase has stuck with me.
What makes this breakthrough particularly significant is that Microsoft is leveraging an entirely new state of matter—neither solid, gas, nor liquid. My colleagues at SEEQC believe this work deserves a Nobel Prize, and I'm inclined to agree. The potential applications are staggering.
Think about it this way: Classical computing is like trying to solve a maze by checking one path at a time. Quantum computing explores every possible path simultaneously. Each additional qubit doubles the computational power, which means Microsoft's push toward million-qubit systems isn't just an incremental improvement—it's a paradigm shift.
Just yesterday, I was speaking with a pharmaceutical researcher who's already planning to use these systems to model complex protein folding. Problems that would take millions of years on classical systems could be solved in minutes. And when paired with AI? We're entering territory beyond our "limited imagination," as John Levy at SEEQC puts it.
This is especially meaningful as we celebrate 2025 marking the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics. From Schrödinger and Heisenberg's theoretical foundations to today's working quantum computers—what a journey it's been.
I find myself thinking about this when I'm stuck in traffic. All those cars, following one path at a time, while quantum systems explore all routes simultaneously. Maybe someday we'll have quantum-optimized traffic systems too.
The real question is: are we ready for this power? When quantum computing enables us to extend the periodic table, discover new molecules, and create superintelligent AI systems, how will society adapt? These are the questions that keep me up at night—well, these and debugging quantum algorithms.
Thank you for listening, quantum explorers. If you have questions or topic suggestions for future episodes, please email me at [email protected]. Remember to subscribe to The Quantum Stack Weekly, and keep exploring the quantum frontier with us. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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Hello, quantum enthusiasts! Leo here, coming to you live from my lab at Inception Point, where I've been buried in qubit matrices all weekend. But who am I kidding? There's nowhere else I'd rather be, especially with the quantum computing world absolutely buzzing this week.
Have you seen what's happening with D-Wave? Their stock is soaring after that impressive Q1 earnings report showing $15 million in revenue. Benchmark just raised their price target to $14, which tells you everything about where quantum computing investments are heading. I've been following D-Wave since their early quantum annealing days, and this commercial traction is exactly what our field needs.
But the real story I want to discuss today emerged just two days ago. Microsoft's topological qubit approach is gaining serious momentum. If you haven't been following, back in February they introduced the Majorana 1 processor, designed to scale to a million qubits using hardware-protected qubits. This is revolutionary stuff, folks.
When I visited their lab last month, the energy was electric. Imagine walking into a room where the temperature is colder than deep space, seeing these pristine quantum chips that operate at the boundary of physics itself. The lead scientist told me, "Leo, we're not just building better computers—we're speaking nature's language." That phrase has stuck with me.
What makes this breakthrough particularly significant is that Microsoft is leveraging an entirely new state of matter—neither solid, gas, nor liquid. My colleagues at SEEQC believe this work deserves a Nobel Prize, and I'm inclined to agree. The potential applications are staggering.
Think about it this way: Classical computing is like trying to solve a maze by checking one path at a time. Quantum computing explores every possible path simultaneously. Each additional qubit doubles the computational power, which means Microsoft's push toward million-qubit systems isn't just an incremental improvement—it's a paradigm shift.
Just yesterday, I was speaking with a pharmaceutical researcher who's already planning to use these systems to model complex protein folding. Problems that would take millions of years on classical systems could be solved in minutes. And when paired with AI? We're entering territory beyond our "limited imagination," as John Levy at SEEQC puts it.
This is especially meaningful as we celebrate 2025 marking the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics. From Schrödinger and Heisenberg's theoretical foundations to today's working quantum computers—what a journey it's been.
I find myself thinking about this when I'm stuck in traffic. All those cars, following one path at a time, while quantum systems explore all routes simultaneously. Maybe someday we'll have quantum-optimized traffic systems too.
The real question is: are we ready for this power? When quantum computing enables us to extend the periodic table, discover new molecules, and create superintelligent AI systems, how will society adapt? These are the questions that keep me up at night—well, these and debugging quantum algorithms.
Thank you for listening, quantum explorers. If you have questions or topic suggestions for future episodes, please email me at [email protected]. Remember to subscribe to The Quantum Stack Weekly, and keep exploring the quantum frontier with us. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Hello, quantum enthusiasts! Leo here, coming to you live from my lab at Inception Point, where I've been buried in qubit matrices all weekend. But who am I kidding? There's nowhere else I'd rather be, especially with the quantum computing world absolutely buzzing this week.
Have you seen what's happening with D-Wave? Their stock is soaring after that impressive Q1 earnings report showing $15 million in revenue. Benchmark just raised their price target to $14, which tells you everything about where quantum computing investments are heading. I've been following D-Wave since their early quantum annealing days, and this commercial traction is exactly what our field needs.
But the real story I want to discuss today emerged just two days ago. Microsoft's topological qubit approach is gaining serious momentum. If you haven't been following, back in February they introduced the Majorana 1 processor, designed to scale to a million qubits using hardware-protected qubits. This is revolutionary stuff, folks.
When I visited their lab last month, the energy was electric. Imagine walking into a room where the temperature is colder than deep space, seeing these pristine quantum chips that operate at the boundary of physics itself. The lead scientist told me, "Leo, we're not just building better computers—we're speaking nature's language." That phrase has stuck with me.
What makes this breakthrough particularly significant is that Microsoft is leveraging an entirely new state of matter—neither solid, gas, nor liquid. My colleagues at SEEQC believe this work deserves a Nobel Prize, and I'm inclined to agree. The potential applications are staggering.
Think about it this way: Classical computing is like trying to solve a maze by checking one path at a time. Quantum computing explores every possible path simultaneously. Each additional qubit doubles the computational power, which means Microsoft's push toward million-qubit systems isn't just an incremental improvement—it's a paradigm shift.
Just yesterday, I was speaking with a pharmaceutical researcher who's already planning to use these systems to model complex protein folding. Problems that would take millions of years on classical systems could be solved in minutes. And when paired with AI? We're entering territory beyond our "limited imagination," as John Levy at SEEQC puts it.
This is especially meaningful as we celebrate 2025 marking the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics. From Schrödinger and Heisenberg's theoretical foundations to today's working quantum computers—what a journey it's been.
I find myself thinking about this when I'm stuck in traffic. All those cars, following one path at a time, while quantum systems explore all routes simultaneously. Maybe someday we'll have quantum-optimized traffic systems too.
The real question is: are we ready for this power? When quantum computing enables us to extend the periodic table, discover new molecules, and create superintelligent AI systems, how will society adapt? These are the questions that keep me up at night—well, these and debugging quantum algorithms.
Thank you for listening, quantum explorers. If you have questions or topic suggestions for future episodes, please email me at [email protected]. Remember to subscribe to The Quantum Stack Weekly, and keep exploring the quantum frontier with us. This has been a Quiet Please Production. For more information, check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta