News Summary

• Every groundbreaking shift in computing follows a similar path.
• Engineers develop the machines, networks and platforms that make a new technology possible.
• Software emerges that makes the technology usable.
• That is the point where a technology moves beyond experimentation and begins to reshape industries.
• Quantum computing is now moving toward its own version of that shift.
• For years, the conversation has been dominated by hardware.
• How many qubits a system has.
• How quickly researchers can overcome the deep engineering challenges that have defined the field.
• But they are no longer the only ones that matter.
• The focus is now on bridging quantum systems and the creative industries.