Quantum Computing 2026 Update

Quantum computing annual review. Plus, as this is the tenth such video, reflections on developments over the past decade.

All previous updates can be found in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PL2m2YvnrOYx

REFERENCES (a few omitted as the description box is too short)

INTRO

IBM Wafer Foundry: https://newsroom.ibm.com/ibm-a....nd-u-s-department-of

Google cryptography -- listed later

Atom Computing error correction -- listed later

IBM $10bn investment: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-....06-02-ibm-commits-mo


QUBIT EVOLUTION

Google Willow: https://blog.google/innovation....-and-ai/technology/r

IBM fault-tolerance: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/large-scale-ftqc

PsiQuantum Omega: https://www.psiquantum.com/news-import/omega

PsiQuantum Australia: https://www.psiquantum.com/new....s-import/psiquantum-

Google neutral atom: https://blog.google/innovation....-and-ai/technology/r

Atom Computing error correction: https://atom-computing.com/ato....m-computing-reveals-

QuEra roadmap: https://www.quera.com/our-quantum-roadmap
IonQ technology: https://www.ionq.com/technology

Quantiniuum fault tolerance: https://www.quantinuum.com/blo....g/quantinuum-overcom

Microsoft Majorana 2: https://news.microsoft.com/sou....rce/features/innovat

D-Wave 1st sale: https://phys.org/news/2011-06-....d-wave-commercial-qu

D-Wave buys Quantum Circuits: https://www.dwavequantum.com/c....ompany/newsroom/pres

D-WAVE gate based roadmap: https://www.dwavequantum.com/c....ompany/newsroom/pres


10 YEARS OF QUANTUM CLOUD

Xanadu IPO: https://www.xanadu.ai/press/xa....nadu-becomes-first-p

Quantinuum IPO: https://thequantuminsider.com/....2026/06/04/quantinuu

Amazon Bracket providers: https://aws.amazon.com/braket/quantum-computers/

Azure quantum providers: https://learn.microsoft.com/en....-us/azure/quantum/qc

Google Cirq hardware: https://quantumai.google/cirq/hardware

IBM Qiskit: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/qiskit

Microsoft development kit: https://quantum.microsoft.com/....en-us/tools/microsof

Google Cirq: https://quantumai.google/cirq


QUANTUM APPLICATIONS

MIT on IBM simulation: https://www.technologyreview.c....om/2017/09/13/149180

Microsoft quantum: https://quantum.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Azure Quantum Elements, 2023: https://news.microsoft.com/sou....rce/features/innovat

IBM realizing Feyman’s vision: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/bl....og/qcsc-reference-ar

IonQ chemistry: https://www.ionq.com/news/ionq....-quantum-computing-a

McKinsey Chemistry: https://www.mckinsey.com/capab....ilities/mckinsey-tec

OECD report: https://www.oecd.org/en/public....ations/building-busi

Improving batteries: https://planqc.eu/solutions/case-studies/basiq

Quantum Australia logistics: https://www.quantum-australia.....com/use-cases/quantu


POST QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY

Google blog: https://research.google/blog/s....afeguarding-cryptocu

Google PQC timeline: https://blog.google/innovation....-and-ai/technology/s

NIST on PQC, 2023: https://www.nist.gov/news-even....ts/news/2022/07/nist

NSCS on PQC, 2026: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/p....reparing-for-post-qu

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers

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Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
02:14 Qubit Evolution
04:35 Qubit Technologies
09:06 10 Years of Quantum Cloud
11:53 Quantum Applications
15:09 Post-Quantum Cryptography
16:39 Quantum Momentum

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