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Globe and Mail
6 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Quantum Computing News: New Roadmaps, Real Timelines, and Rising Stocks
Quantum computing has been buzzing again this week, with fresh headlines from startups, tech giants, and even lawmakers. You've probably heard phrases like 'qubit scaling' or 'quantum advantage' tossed around, but what do they actually mean for investors? Whether it's IBM's newest chip, a roadmap to one million qubits, or policy moves in Texas and South Korea, a lot is happening. Let's break down the four biggest developments this week so you can stay sharp the next time IonQ (IONQ) or D-Wave (QBTS) make a move. Confident Investing Starts Here: Before we begin with this week's recap, let's examine the chart below, which clearly illustrates the increasing demand for quantum systems on the global stage. This suggests wider adoption across more geographies and sectors, as buyers seek to diversify risk and test systems at smaller scales. Quantum Art Targets 1 Million Qubits by 2033 Quantum Art, a private company spun out of Israel's Weizmann Institute, has released a detailed roadmap to build a one-million-qubit quantum computer by 2033. The company plans to launch a 50-qubit cloud-access system later this year and scale up to 1,000 qubits by 2027. The 1,000-qubit system, called the Perspective series, aims to deliver commercial quantum advantage in industries such as finance, logistics, and materials science. Quantum Art's hardware is based on trapped-ion qubits and includes multi-qubit gates, optical segmentation, dynamic reconfiguration, and dense 2D layouts. The architecture supports up to 100 times more gate operations and parallel processes than rival platforms, all within a footprint 50 times smaller. The final Mosaic series, due in 2033, is expected to fit one million physical qubits into a 50×50 mm² chip and support fault-tolerant quantum computing. IBM Expands Global Quantum Footprint IBM (IBM) just installed its first Quantum System Two outside the United States. The system is now running at RIKEN in Japan, co-located with the Fugaku supercomputer. This setup enables low-latency hybrid quantum-classical workflows and is part of Japan's national push for advanced computational research. The system runs on IBM's latest 156-qubit Heron processor, which delivers 10x faster performance and 10x lower error rates than its predecessor, the 127-qubit Eagle. IBM Heron achieved a CLOPS (circuit layer operations per second) score of 250,000, making it the company's best-performing chip to date. Initial research applications include modeling complex chemical compounds, a use case that benefits from hybrid processing power. IBM's focus is now on real-world utility in the near term, even without full-scale fault tolerance. Texas Launches Statewide Quantum Initiative Texas has passed a new law to establish the Texas Quantum Initiative, creating an advisory board, a state-managed grant fund, and a long-term plan to grow the local quantum economy. The law takes effect in September 2025 and requires the state to issue annual strategic updates and biennial budget reports focused on research funding, workforce training, and commercial infrastructure. The initiative targets quantum computing, sensing, and networking. It aims to attract federal funding and promote the development of the state's supply chain. Research institutions like the University of Texas, Texas A&M, and Rice University are expected to play key roles. South Korea Prioritizes Quantum and AI Chips South Korea has designated two emerging technologies as national strategic assets. EYL's quantum random number generator, used in cryptography, and Boss Semiconductor's low-power AI chip for autonomous vehicles have both been added to the country's list of 'super gap' technologies. The recognition grants these firms access to policy incentives, military service exemptions, and accelerated R&D support. EYL's solution generates true randomness using quantum physical processes, which is critical for secure communications. Boss Semiconductor's chip design is designed to handle real-time sensor data while minimizing power usage, a key requirement for autonomous driving platforms. Both companies are private, but the designations reflect growing national interest in building secure and scalable quantum and AI technologies. Using Tipranks' Comparison Tool, we've assembled and compared some of the prominent quantum companies on Wall Street. The comparison tool helps investors gain a broader view of each stock and industry, enabling them to make smarter investing decisions. Disclaimer & Disclosure Report an Issue
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why IBM Is the Best Quantum Computing Stock to Buy Right Now
IBM is a quantum computing pioneer. The company expects to reach true quantum advantage by 2026 and have a large fault-tolerant system in place by 2029. With a long track record and a clear roadmap, IBM is emerging as a quantum computing leader. 10 stocks we like better than International Business Machines › A future quantum computer could potentially solve problems that are essentially impossible for even the most powerful supercomputer. The magic comes from the nature of quantum physics. While traditional computers operate on bits that can be in only one of two states, a quantum qubit is probabilistic, occupying some combination of those two states. This property opens the door to exponentially faster computations. Today's quantum computers generally aren't capable of solving real-world problems quicker than traditional computers. They are capable of performing some types of computations faster, but these computations are more toy problems than anything else. When Alphabet's Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip last year, it claimed that Willow could perform a particular benchmark in five minutes that would take a supercomputer 10 septillion years. Unfortunately, that benchmark has no known real-world applications. Another problem is error correction. Qubits are fragile, and errors are inevitably introduced over the course of a computation. Those errors must be prevented, corrected, or otherwise mitigated for long enough for a computation to be completed. Microsoft made some noise on this front earlier this year with its Majorana 1 quantum chip, which uses exotic particles to create more robust qubits. However, the company is in the early stages of scaling this technology, and it could very well be many years before anything useful comes out of it. International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), a quantum computing pioneer, now sees a path to full-scale quantum error correction by 2029 and true quantum advantage by the end of 2026. The company has a clear roadmap, and if it can deliver, quantum computing could turn into a major business for the century-old tech giant. IBM is taking a modular approach on its path to the holy grail of quantum computing. This year, IBM will release Nighthawk, its new quantum process with 120 qubits and 5,000 quantum gates. Over the next few years, successive versions of Nighthawk will increase the number of gates, culminating in 2028 with a 15,000-gate version that can be linked together in groups of nine. IBM believes Nighthawk will be able to achieve true quantum advantage. Nighthawk is a stepping stone toward Starling, the fault-tolerant quantum computer planned for 2028. To build Starling, IBM will release three iterations of quantum chips over the next few years that include the necessary technology to make Starling a reality. IBM Quantum Loon comes this year, featuring greater connectivity than the company's current quantum chips. IBM Quantum Kookaburra comes in 2026, bringing the ability to store information and process it with an attached processing unit. And IBM Quantum Cockatoo is set for 2027, allowing entanglement between modules. Starling, which will feature 200 logical qubits and 100 million quantum gates, will be built in 2028 and deliver fault-tolerance by 2029, according to IBM's roadmap. Plenty of companies are racing toward viable quantum computing, but IBM has two things that make it unique: a decades-long track record researching and building quantum computers, and a clear roadmap to reach fault-tolerance and true quantum advantage. While it's impossible to predict how large of an opportunity quantum computing could be for IBM, one estimate puts the economic value generated by quantum computing at $850 billion by 2040, with the market for quantum hardware and software potentially worth $170 billion. If IBM can truly pull ahead of its rivals and deliver real-world results with its quantum computers by the end of the decade, it will be in a great position to reap the rewards of the quantum computing revolution. IBM's valuation today looks reasonable considering the enormous potential of quantum computing. Based on the company's outlook for 2025, IBM stock trades for roughly 19 times free cash flow. While the stock isn't as cheap as it was a few years ago, IBM still looks like a solid buy. The company's hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses are driving growth today, and quantum computing has the potential to drive growth in the 2030s and beyond. Before you buy stock in International Business Machines, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and International Business Machines wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $658,297!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $883,386!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 992% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 172% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of June 9, 2025 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Timothy Green has positions in International Business Machines. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, International Business Machines, and Microsoft. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 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