…Quantum computing is indeed one of the most important developments not only in physics, but in all of science….

…A decade and more ago, I [Sankar Das Sarma, author] was often asked when I thought a real quantum computer would be built…(It is interesting that I no longer face this question as quantum-computing hype has apparently convinced people that these systems already exist or are just around the corner)…

…The immediate question is where quantum computing development, as it stands today, should be placed on that timeline…

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