{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Quantum's 100,000x Gap to Real Science — September 15, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a2537ab1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":901,"description":"A new cross-vendor benchmark called QUOPS gives quantum computing its first apples-to-apples yardstick for progress — and finds current machines need roughly a hundred-thousand-fold performance jump to reach useful scientific work. Plus: NVIDIA's CUDA-Q Logical platform expansion, IonQ's haul at IEEE Quantum Week, and a proposed $500M Canadian chip fab.\nQUOPS benchmark paper — arXiv (Proctor et al.)\nIntroducing QUOPS — Quantinuum\nQuantum Computers Need 100,000-Fold Performance Gain — The Quantum Insider\nNVIDIA Expands Open-Source CUDA-Q Platform — NVIDIA Newsroom\nIonQ Demonstrates Hybrid HPC and Quantum-AI Workflows — Quantum Computing Report\nPhotonic Unveils Project VANGUARD — GlobeNewswire\nGPU-Accelerated Digital Twin for Quantum Sensors — Quantum Computing Report\nSource links\n@flexithomsen on X\n@IngrahamAngle on X\n@ingrahamangle on X\n@IonQ_Inc on X\n@IonQ_Inc on X\n@nvidianewsroom on X\n@qtumanalysis on X\n@quantinuumqc on X\nquantumzeitgeist.com\nthequantuminsider.com\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nMore from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}