a long journey to realize quantum's full potential. One date stands out, December the 9th, 2024. It was on this day that Google unveiled its Willow quantum computing chip.That announcement spurred a rush from investors seeking to get exposure to the burgeoning technology with publicly traded quantum firms soaring in the US. But more than a year on, are we getting closer to quantum going mainstream. Very pleased to say joining me now around the desk are some of the top names in Europe working towards that ve ...

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Quantum Computing Roadmap & Technology - IBM aims to achieve quantum computing milestones by 2029 with IBM Sterling, following a technology roadmap with year-after-year advancements [1][3] - The roadmap includes error-corrected memory, operations across multiple memories, and a large-scale system for universal control [3] - IBM has been offering access to quantum computers on the cloud since 2016, starting with a 5-qubit machine and scaling to multiple 100+ qubit machines like the Heron processor [5][6] - IBM is working towards achieving "quantum advantage" in the next few years, where quantum computers, combined with classical computers, can outperform classical computers alone [8][9] Ecosystem & Partnerships - IBM has built a quantum ecosystem with over 500,000 users [6] - The IBM Quantum Network includes nearly 300 institutions, companies, startups, national laboratories, and academia [7] - Third-party startups are building functions within IBM's ecosystem to drive verticals in optimization, chemistry, and machine learning [17] - IBM provides an open-source software development kit (Qiskit) to appeal to a broader set of users [15] Competition & Strategy - IBM's strategy is to provide a differentiating computing platform with hardware and software, building an ecosystem around it [15] - The company emphasizes the efficiency of quantum computing, requiring a fraction of the power compared to high-performance supercomputers for certain problems [13] - There is a technological race between the US and China in quantum computing, with government funding in the US [18] - IBM envisions a quantum-centric supercomputing architecture where CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs work together [11][12]