Quantum computing momentum grows: D-Wave announces first major breakthrough of 2026

The issue, as Trevor Lanting, D-Wave's chief development officer, tells Fast Company, is that adding qubits to a quantum system requires additional resources, such as control lines. That involves more space, material, and an overall increase in complexity for the entire system. But D-Wave has found a way to reduce that complexity, opening the door for scalability. "You can think of it as a chip in your phone or laptop,†Lanting says. "The CPU has transistors in it, and there are billions in a modern CPU or l ...