{"podcast":{"title":"The Quantum Computing Podcast with Fexingo: Qubits, Quantum Hardware, and Future Computing","slug":"the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946","podcast_index_feed_id":7871946,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":62,"summary":"This is a podcast about the current state and near-term future of quantum computing. Lucas and Luna examine the science and business of quantum hardware, from superconducting qubits to trapped ions and topological systems. They discuss the engineering challenges of error correction, the race to quantum supremacy, and the realistic timelines for commercial quantum advantage. Each episode focuses on a specific company, research paper, or technology milestone — Google's Sycamore, IBM's Quantum System One, IonQ's trapped-ion processors, or China's quantum communication network. Lucas brings a journalist's rigor to the technical details, while Luna pushes for clarity on what these advances mean for cryptography, drug discovery, optimization, and finance. This show is for listeners who want to understand quantum computing without hype — the real bottlenecks, the credible roadmaps, and the startups that might actually deliver. How close are we to a fault-tolerant quantum computer? Which industries will be transformed first? And which approaches are likely dead ends? #QuantumComputing #Qubits #QuantumHardware #QuantumSupremacy #ErrorCorrection #SuperconductingQubits #TrappedIons #Topologi…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:22:02.827480+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946"},"episode":{"title":"Why Quantum Computers Need a New Approach to Interconnects","slug":"why-quantum-computers-need-a-new-approach-to-interconnects","published_at":"2026-06-12T20:33:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946/why-quantum-computers-need-a-new-approach-to-interconnects","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast/episode-0047.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast/episode-0047.mp3","summary":"Quantum computers today are limited by how qubits talk to each other — interconnects. Lucas and Luna explore the interconnect bottleneck: why superconducting qubits can't just 'wire up' like classical chips, the challenge of crosstalk and signal degradation at millikelvin temperatures, and how companies like IBM, Google, and startups like Rigetti are tackling it with cryogenic cabling, photonic links, and multiplexed control. They dive into a specific 2025 paper from the Delft team showing a 10x improvement in qubit connectivity using a novel impedance-matched interconnect. The episode makes the case that interconnects, not qubit count, may be the real gating factor to fault-tolerant quantum computing. #QuantumComputing #Interconnects #Qubits #CryogenicCabling #PhotonicLinks #IBMQuantum #GoogleQuantum #Rigetti #SuperconductingQubits #Crosstalk #Millikelvin #Delft #FaultTolerant #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #QuantumHardware #SignalIntegrity Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Quantum computers today are limited by how qubits talk to each other — interconnects. Lucas and Luna explore the interconnect bottleneck: why superconduct…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":543,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946/episodes/why-quantum-computers-need-a-new-approach-to-interconnects/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946/why-quantum-computers-need-a-new-approach-to-interconnects.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}