'This result has been more than a decade in the making': Millions of qubits on a single quantum processor now possible after cryogenic breakthrough
Live ScienceWednesday, June 25, 2025 at 3:00:00 PM
Australian researchers have cracked a major hurdle in quantum computing by creating a control chip that can operate at ultra-cold temperatures—finally making it feasible to pack millions of qubits onto a single processor. This isn’t just an incremental step; it’s the kind of breakthrough that could turn quantum computing from a lab experiment into something practical and scalable.
Editor’s Note: Quantum computers promise to revolutionize everything from drug discovery to cryptography, but they’ve been stuck in "science project" mode because controlling qubits at scale is insanely hard—especially when they need to be kept near absolute zero. This breakthrough tackles that problem head-on, meaning we might actually see quantum processors powerful enough to solve real-world problems sooner than expected. For tech, medicine, and even climate modeling, that’s a big deal.
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