With a roadmap that plots a course toward full scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers<\/a> over the next decade, IBM’s quantum computing business could be a major future growth driver for the technology giant.<\/p>\n Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n A strong quantum computing roadmap<\/p>\n Part of IBM’s overarching quantum computing strategy is to pair quantum computers with classical computing techniques. A recent breakthrough<\/a> made in collaboration with HSBC demonstrated the wisdom of this approach, with IBM’s quantum computers used alongside machine learning<\/a> to accelerate a process involved in bond trading.<\/p>\n IBM expects to definitively demonstrate quantum advantage, where a quantum computer outperforms a classical computer in a real-world task, by the end of 2026. By 2029, the company plans to build the first fault-tolerant quantum computer.<\/p>\n One key issue with quantum computing technology is the stability of the quantum bits used to perform calculations. Sufficiently mitigating or correcting errors is critical to performing real-world computations.<\/p>\n Once fault tolerance is solved, IBM expects to scale its quantum computers up to 2000 quantum bits in 2033 and beyond. The company expects its quantum computers to have real-world applications in security<\/a>, chemistry, machine learning, and other areas once this milestone is reached.<\/p>\n While a roadmap isn’t a guarantee, IBM’s long quantum computing track record should give investors some confidence that the company can deliver. With the quantum computing market expected to grow to nearly $100 billion by 2035, according to McKinsey, IBM is building the foundation of a new multibillion-dollar business.<\/p>\n HSBC Holdings is an advertising partner of Motley Fool Money. Timothy Green<\/a> has positions in International Business Machines. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends International Business Machines. The Motley Fool recommends HSBC Holdings. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IBM is marching toward a multibillion-dollar quantum computing business. The very first computer to make use of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[371,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-88175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n