Episode Details
Back to Episodes
September 6, 2026 — Physics or Plumbing: What's Actually Blocking Quantum Computing?
Episode 60
Published 1 month ago
Description
A Sunday think piece on IBM veteran and ERVA co-chair Brian Gaucher's claim that quantum computing's real bottleneck has shifted from physics to engineering — pilot lines, standards, and workforce — and whether the error-correction literature and workforce data actually back that up.
- Brian Gaucher (ERVA): Why engineering, not physics, now limits quantum progress — The Quantum Insider
- Report: Engineering Research To Advance Quantum Technologies — ERVA
- New road map for engineering research to advance quantum technologies — National Science Foundation
- Battling Decoherence: The Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computer — Physics Today
- Quantum Error Correction: A Full Stack Challenge — IEEE Computer Society
- Quantum Computing Challenges Holding Back Practical Quantum Computers — The Quantum Insider
Source links
Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.