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IBM will build the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.

IBM · made November 2025 · target Dec 2029 · Open

IBM is rapidly delivering milestones towards building the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.
IBM, IBM Delivers New Quantum Processors, Software, and Algorithm Breakthroughs (IBM Newsroom)

The prediction

Who
IBM
Made
November 2025
Target
Dec 31, 2029 (stated as "by 2029")
Status
Openin 3 years
Source
IBM Delivers New Quantum Processors, Software, and Algorithm Breakthroughs (IBM Newsroom) Primary: their own words
Topics
Compute

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