Quantum computing just hit escape velocity. In a single month, IBM, Harvard, and a little-known Chinese lab each cleared hurdles that once seemed decades away – proof that the race for quantum dominance is no longer theoretical. IBM unveiled “Loon,” a chip that, for the first time, embeds advanced quantum error correction directly into hardware: a leap that could make practical quantum systems viable before decade’s end. Harvard researchers followed with a fault-tolerant architecture that suppresses errors below the critical threshold, effectively proving large-scale, stable quantum machines are possible. And in Beijing, photonics startup CHIPX claimed the world’s first industrial-grade optical quantum processor – “1,000 times faster than Nvidia’s GPUs” at certain AI tasks – already powering aerospace and finance applications.

Full report : After decades of research, quantum is now solving real-world problems across industries from finance and manufacturing to drug discovery and telecom.