For World Quantum Day, Yonatan Cohen, CTO, Quantum Machines commented:
World Quantum Day is a good moment to step back and look at where we actually are. A qubit on its own is not enough - it’s the whole system that matters. And that’s where most of the real work is happening right now. Over the past year, we have seen quite clearly how the focus is moving towards the critical control elements: low-latency links between classical and quantum systems, calibration that sits close to the hardware, and more open architectures so developers can build without being locked into one approach.
Looking ahead to the next 12 months, the shift is from planning to building. Hybrid QPU–HPC integration has been discussed for a while, and now it’s about putting those systems together. We have a much clearer understanding of the latency requirements for error correction. The open question is whether the full stack, meaning control, compute, and everything in between, can be integrated in a way that actually scales. That’s really the challenge in front of us.