UCLA wins $4M to build a 60-qubit fault-tolerant computer

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What this could mean

• 0–2 yearsPlausible

  The grant could enable UCLA to demonstrate a small-scale fault-tolerant quantum processor with 10 logical qubits within two years, leveraging existing hardware and error correction expertise.

  UCLA has established research programs in superconducting qubits and quantum error correction; the funding provides resources to integrate these into a prototype, potentially accelerating the timeline for a logical qubit demonstration.