D-Wave Targets 100 Logical Qubits by 2032 in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Roadmap
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Updated · Zacks Investment Research · Jun 5
D-Wave Targets 100 Logical Qubits by 2032 in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Roadmap
3 articles · Updated · Zacks Investment Research · Jun 5
Summary
D-Wave said its new gate-model plan aims to deliver 100 logical qubits capable of more than 1 million operations by 2032, extending its push beyond quantum annealing toward commercial fault-tolerant computing.
A 17-physical-qubit system is slated for 2026, followed by 49 qubits in 2027 and 181 qubits in 2028, with projected error reductions of 2x, 20x and 2,000x respectively.
The roadmap hinges on dual-rail superconducting qubits that D-Wave says can detect about 90% of errors during computation and has already shown 99.9% two-qubit fidelity with error detection.
D-Wave is emphasizing hardware-level error reduction rather than simply adding more physical qubits, targeting a Lambda of 10 to cut errors tenfold with each step in error correction.
The announcement comes as quantum rivals accelerate spending and commercialization efforts, with IBM committing more than $10 billion over five years and D-Wave shares up 47.4% in the past three months.