State of Quantum Computing: Mid-2026 Edition
Five hardware platforms. Four NIST cryptographic standards. Two contested quantum advantage claims. One below-threshold error correction milestone. Seven years after the NISQ era began, quantum computing is at an inflection point. Here is a precise, unsentimental account of where every major platform stands, what has been proved, what remains unproven, and what the next decade realistically looks like.
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