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Quantinuum Chief Scientist Argues Physical Fidelity Trumps Gate Speed
Quantinuum Chief Scientist Argues Physical Fidelity Trumps Gate Speed in Fault-Tolerant Scaling Race
TL;DRQuantum computing needs accurate gates more than fast ones to actually work.
Why it matters: This challenges industry assumptions about quantum scaling strategy and validates trapped-ion approaches over competing architectures.
Quantinuum's Chief Scientist, Harry Buhrman, argues that high physical fidelity in quantum gates is more critical than raw gate speed for achieving fault-tolerant quantum computing. He highlights Quantinuum's trapped-ion architecture as superior to superconducting platforms due…
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