The Switch That Quantum Networking Has Been Waiting For
CISCO, Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Quantum computing is the future of computational power. It's expected to transform how complex problems are solved in a wide range of industries, from drug discovery and financial modeling, to weather predictions, and cybersecurity. But how and when will quantum computing become accessible to these fields and beyond?
Roadmaps from leading vendors project physical qubit counts reaching somewhere between 1,000 and low 10,000s within the next three years. That sounds impressive, but solving high-value problems is going to require millions of qubits. The qubits we need far exceed the qubits we have.
The answer is not just building bigger quantum computers, it's also connecting them. A distributed approach, where many quantum processing units are unified through a quantum network, will help us get to useful quantum computing with added efficiency. This approach has been missing one critical piece of hardware. Until now.