Quantum Computing: The Compute Power Behind 'Curing Cancer'

The article explores how quantum computing could provide the computational power needed to tackle challenges like curing cancer. It explains the fundamental difference between classical bits and qubits, highlighting milestones in 2025-2026 such as Google's Willow chip achieving a 13,000x speedup, Caltech's 6,100-qubit array, IBM's Nighthawk error correction advances, and Quantinuum reaching Microsoft's Level 2 Resilient phase. The quantum industry has crossed a billion dollars in revenue, signaling a shift from theoretical promise to practical competition among modalities.