{"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 Modular Architectures","slug":"why-quantum-computers-need-modular-architectures","published_at":"2026-06-17T20:32:33+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-modular-architectures","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-0057.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast/episode-0057.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna dive into why scaling quantum computers to useful sizes demands a shift from monolithic chips to modular, networked architectures. They discuss the physical limits of packing more qubits onto a single chip, the role of photonic interconnects, and the concrete challenges of linking separate quantum modules without destroying coherence. The episode focuses on recent progress at companies like IonQ and QuTech on building modular traps and mid-circuit interconnect links. Lucas explains why module-to-module error rates must drop below 1 percent for the approach to work, and why today's best demonstrations are still about 10 times too noisy. Luna questions whether modularity adds too much latency for error correction to keep up. The hosts also touch on a listener-supported model that keeps the show ad-free. #QuantumComputing #ModularArchitecture #IonQ #QuTech #PhotonicInterconnects #QubitScaling #QuantumHardware #FaultTolerance #QuantumNetworking #TrappedIons #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #QuantumFuture #CryogenicEngineering #LogicalQubits #MidCircuitMeasurement #CoherenceTime Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna dive into why scaling quantum computers to useful sizes demands a shift from monolithic chips to modular, networked architectures. They dis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":525,"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-modular-architectures/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-modular-architectures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}