U.S. Government Wants to Have a Useful Quantum Computer by 2028

Technology policy attorney Paul Stimers was cited in a New Scientist article on the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Quantum Genesis initiative, whose goal is to build a national quantum supercomputing facility capable of scientific breakthroughs in chemistry, materials science and physics by 2028. The article examined the technical hurdles on the road to operable quantum computers, such as the complexity of scaling devices to hundreds or thousands of times their current size while managing exotic and fragile component supply chains. Mr. Stimers pointed out that several quantum computing firms have already announced plans to deliver scientifically useful, error-corrected machines by 2028 or within a few years of that mark, adding the initiative's ambitions will depend in part on stabilizing supply chains for novel hardware technology requires.

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