A mind blowing read.
Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation (https://phys.org/news/2025-09-physicists-quantum-bit-capable.html)
QuoteOne often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the known universe.
Now process this: Harvard scientists just unveiled a system that was 10 times bigger and the first quantum machine able to operate continuously without restarting.
In a paper published in the journal Nature, the team demonstrated a system of more than 3,000 quantum bits (or qubits) that could run for more than two hours, surmounting a series of technical challenges and representing a significant step toward building the super computers, which could revolutionize science, medicine, finance, and other fields.
Roll on the Matrix!
Amazing progress, but it sounds as if any functional versions of such a computer would be expensive to operate and unlikely to be widely available. If only governments and large corporations can run them, maybe not great.