Quantum Computing 2025 Update

Quantum computing developments over the past 12 months, including Google Willow, IBM Majorana 1, and innovations at IBM, PsiQuantum and Atom Computing Last year’s Quantum Computing 2023 Update is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIJuyb5DWUw And all of my quantum computing updates are in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2m2YvnrOYxIZ5ThTsTov6h2YSGzFHYul And also listed on this page: https://explainingcomputers.com/quantum_videos.html REFERENCES (in order of appearance): INTRO International Year of Quantum: https://quantum2025.org/ Quantum Insider 2024 Annual Report: https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/01/15/tqi-2024-annual-report-quantum-industry-faces-challenges-as-transformative-potential-commercialization-beckon/ NSIT “Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards”: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2024/NIST.IR.8547.ipd.pdf Quantinum selected for NVIDIA research center: https://www.quantinuum.com/press-releases/quantinuum-selected-as-a-founding-collaborator-for-nvidia-accelerated-quantum-research-center Xanadu error-resistant photonic qubit: https://www.xanadu.ai/press/xanadu-unveils-first-on-chip-error-resistant-photonic-qubit D-Wave Quantum Supremacy 2025: https://www.dwavequantum.com/company/newsroom/press-release/beyond-classical-d-wave-first-to-demonstrate-quantum-supremacy-on-useful-real-world-problem/ GOOGLE WILLOW Google Willow Announcement: https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/ Google Quantum AI: https://quantumai.google/lab Google quantum error correction paper in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08449-y Google “Making quantum error correction work”: https://research.google/blog/making-quantum-error-correction-work/ MICROSOFT MAJORANA 1 Microsoft unveils Majorana 1: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/quantum/2025/02/19/microsoft-unveils-majorana-1-the-worlds-first-quantum-processor-powered-by-topological-qubits/ Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip: https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/ DARPA selects two utility scale approaches for evaluation: https://www.darpa.mil/news/2025/quantum-computing-approaches PSIQUANTUM OMEGA PsiQuantum: https://www.psiquantum.com/ PsiQuantum to build utility scale quantum computer: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240429080449/en/PsiQuantum-to-Build-Worlds-First-Utility-Scale-Fault-Tolerant-Quantum-Computer-in-Australia PsiQuantum Announces Omega: https://www.psiquantum.com/news-import/omega PsiQuantum “A fast path to useful, error-corrected quantum computing”: https://www.psiquantum.com/blueprint MICROSOFT & ATOM COMPUTING Microsft & Atom Computing to offer commercial machine: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/quantum/2024/11/19/microsoft-and-atom-computing-offer-a-commercial-quantum-machine-with-the-largest-number-of-entangled-logical-qubits-on-record/ Atom Computing: https://atom-computing.com/ Atom Computing selected by DARPA: https://atom-computing.com/atom-computing-selected-by-darpa-to-explore-near-term-utility-scale-quantum-computing-with-neutral-atoms/ Microsoft & Atom Computing research paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.11822 Microsoft Qubit Virtualization: https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/qubit-virtualization Microsoft Quantum Compute Platform: https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/microsoft-quantum-compute-platform IBM STARLING & QUANTUM ROADMAP IBM Quantum: https://www.ibm.com/quantum IBM “How IBM will build the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer”: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/large-scale-ftqc IBM bivariate bicycle research paper: https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2506.03094 IBM belief propagation research paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.01779 ENDING IBM “Modelling realistic chemistry”: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/case-studies/modeling-realistic-chemistry Quantum Circuits “Drug Discovery Accelerated”: https://quantumcircuits.com/resources/drug-discovery-accelerated-by-quantum-system/ Quantinuum Inquanto: https://www.quantinuum.com/products-solutions/inquanto Forbes on quantum computing in logistics: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/01/23/how-quantum-computing-will-transform-logistics/ D-Wave quantum blockchain: https://www.dwavequantum.com/company/newsroom/press-release/d-wave-introduces-quantum-blockchain-architecture-featuring-enhanced-security-and-efficiency-over-classical-computing/ IonQ quantum cloud: https://ionq.com/quantum-cloud D-Wave Systems cloud platform: https://www.dwavequantum.com/solutions-and-products/cloud-platform/ Amazon Bracket: https://aws.amazon.com/braket/ Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 02:25 Google Willow 05:53 Microsoft Majorana 1 07:47 PsiQuantum Omega 09:48 Microsoft & Atom Computing 12:29 Towards IBM Quantum Starling 15:37 Quantum Application #quantum #Willow #Majorana #Google #Microsoft #IBM #Starling