Microsoft and Atom Computing detail incremental progress in quantum computing development
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John Timmer
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Microsoft and Atom Computing have released progress reports on their quantum computing efforts, highlighting incremental advances in bringing quantum technologies closer to practical utility. The article discusses how major breakthroughs in quantum computing are built on steady, incremental progress rather than sudden leaps, and provides updates on the companies' current milestones and technical developments.
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· 3 pulledWith dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there's a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility.
We typically focus on new technologies and major landmarks, which can obscure the fact that any big success will inevitably have been built on a lot of incremental progress.
The past few weeks have seen two companies release progress reports on how they're trying to get the technologies closer to gen
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