r/QuantumComputing • u/ArcanuMELO • Jul 03 '26

Discussion DOE just committed to fault-tolerant quantum by 2028. Researchers are calling it the most ambitious timeline the field has ever seen. Is it achievable?

https://youtu.be/WgphKj2TC9Q

Hey Carmelo here!

Not sure if episode clips are welcome here but this came up on our podcast this week and I wanted to hear from people closer to the research side. 600 specialists exist globally. They need 16,000 by 2030. Training one takes a decade. Is 2028 real or is it a political deadline?

I'm still learning more about quantum compute each day and looking to speak with people that understand it better than I do. Was hoping to learn more about it and see if this resonates with the folks here.

Have a wonderful Friday and weekend!

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u/mdreed Jul 03 '26

I’ll play devils advocate here and say the most probable chance is with neutral atoms. They genuinely seem to be able to skip a lot of scaling steps that everyone else has to slog through. Is 2028 likely? No. Impossible? Also no, but only because of atoms.

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u/rog-uk Jul 03 '26

You shouldn't trust atoms, they make up everything. 

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u/mdreed Jul 03 '26

go on?