Quantum computing annual review. This non-technical video includes developments at IBM, Intel and Microsoft that may help to scale up the technology for future commercial application. Channel members please note that there is a follow-up members-only video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7jBb_9g_tI My 2021 update which includes discussion of Xanadu’s photonic quantum hardware is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKc_ilWcao And the 2020 update that includes coverage of trapped-ion qubits is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AfG2nI0Hn4 A playlist of all of my quantum computing updates is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKc_ilWcao For more information on quantum computing, including details of the 30+ pioneers creating quantum hardware and software, see my web page here: https://www.explainingcomputers.com/quantum.html REFERENCES Specific sources shown or cited in this video are as follows: Xanadu photonic quantum computing page: https://xanadu.ai/photonics Matthew Collins & Zachary Vernon (2020) “On the Road to Room Temperature Quantum Computation”, Medium, June 2nd 2020: https://medium.com/xanaduai/on-the-road-to-room-temperature-quantum-computation-d1bd356dcf57 IBM quantum computing website: https://www.ibm.com/quantum IBM (2022) “Expanding the IBM Quantum roadmap to anticipate the future of quantum-centric supercomputing”, news release May 10th 2022: https://research.ibm.com/blog/ibm-quantum-roadmap-2025 IBM (2022) “IBM Unveils New Roadmap to Practical Quantum Computing Era; Plans to Deliver 4,000+ Qubit System”, news release May 10th 2022: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2022-05-10-IBM-Unveils-New-Roadmap-to-Practical-Quantum-Computing-Era-Plans-to-Deliver-4,000-Qubit-System IBM (2022) “At what cost can we simulate large quantum circuits on small quantum computers?” [article on circuit knitting and other scaling techniques], May 10th 2022: https://research.ibm.com/blog/circuit-knitting-with-classical-communication IBM (2022) “IBM scientists help develop NIST’s quantum-safe standards, news release July 6th 2022: https://research.ibm.com/blog/nist-quantum-safe-protocols NIST (2022) “NIST Announces First Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms”, news release, July 5th 2022: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms Intel quantum computing web page: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/quantum-computing.html Intel (2022) “Intel and QuTech Collaborate to Produce Silicon Qubits at Scale”, news release, April 14th 2022: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-qutech-produce-silicon-qubits-at-scale.html#gs.6e4xts A.M.J. Zwerver et al “Qubits made by advanced semiconductor manufacturing”, Nature Electronics, March 19th 2022). Page includes link to download pdf of complete article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-022-00727-9 Microsoft Azure Quantum website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/quantum/ Jennifer Langston (2022) “In a historic milestone, Azure Quantum demonstrates formerly elusive physics needed to build scalable topological qubits”, Microsoft Innovation story, March 14th 2022: https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/azure-quantum-majorana-topological-qubit/ Chetan Neyak (2022) “Microsoft has demonstrated the underlying physics required to create a new kind of qubit”, Microsoft research blog post of March 14th: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-has-demonstrated-the-underlying-physics-required-to-create-a-new-kind-of-qubit/ Google Quantum AI website: https://quantumai.google/ D-Wave Systems website: https://www.dwavesys.com/ D-Wave (2022) “Ahead of the Game: D-Wave Delivers Prototype of Next-Generation Advantage2 Annealing Quantum Computer”, press release, 16th June 2022: https://www.dwavesys.com/company/newsroom/press-release/ahead-of-the-game-d-wave-delivers-prototype-of-next-generation-advantage2-annealing-quantum-computer/ The shot of two shots of the quantum computer included in this video were produced by Christopher Barnatt using LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects. For additional ExplainingComputers videos and other content, you can become a channel member here: null More videos on computing and related topics can be found at null You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: null Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Quantum Basics (and applications) 04:10 Quantum at IBM 08:10 Quantum Fabrication (Intel) 09:57 Topoligical Qubits (Microsoft) 11:47 Quantum Pioneers 13:21 Quantum Reality (scepticism) #Quantum #IBM #Intel #Microsoft #ExplainingComputers