{"id":577086,"date":"2026-04-01T04:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/researchers-say-quantum-computers-could-in-theory-be-ready-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:53:04","slug":"researchers-say-quantum-computers-could-in-theory-be-ready-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/researchers-say-quantum-computers-could-in-theory-be-ready-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers say quantum computers could, in theory, be ready by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2JmZjYtMTg4NC03YjcwLTg0MjMtZDhlMzg5M2NiODZlLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Researchers say quantum computers could, in theory, be ready by 2030\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup say quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the California Institute of Technology theorize that a functional quantum computer may require far fewer qubits than previously thought, making it feasible for the first quantum computer to be deployed before the end of the decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Caltech researchers, working with a Caltech-linked start-up, Oratomic, said that by reducing the errors that \u201criddle today\u2019s rudimentary quantum computers,\u201d a functional quantum computer could be built with as few as 10,000 to 20,000 qubits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was previously thought that millions of qubits were necessary for a quantum computer to function properly, said Caltech. A qubit is the basic unit of a quantum computer and the equivalent of a bit in a classical computer to encode information in binary. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/caltech-researchers-theorize-quantum-computers-could-be-operational-before-2030\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked startup say quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology theorize that a functional quantum computer may require far fewer qubits than previously thought, making it feasible for the first quantum computer to be deployed before the end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":577087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-577086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}