{"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 New Compilation Algorithms","slug":"why-quantum-computers-need-new-compilation-algorithms","published_at":"2026-06-17T08:31:26+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-new-compilation-algorithms","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-0056.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-quantum-computing-podcast/episode-0056.mp3","summary":"Episode 56 of The Quantum Computing Podcast dives into quantum compilation — the unsung layer between a programmer's code and a machine's microwave pulses. Lucas and Luna discuss why today's compilers lose 80% of qubit coherence time just scheduling operations, and how a team at the University of Chicago's new method called 'temporal slicing' cuts that overhead in half. They walk through a concrete example: a 50-qubit simulation of a lithium-sulfur battery molecule that would take a classical computer 12,000 years. With temporal slicing, the same simulation runs in 47 hours on a trapped-ion machine. The hosts also explore why hardware-native gate sets force compilers into suboptimal paths, and how the race between superconducting, trapped-ion, and photonic hardware means compilers must be hardware-agnostic. No hype, just the real bottleneck that'll determine whether quantum computing delivers on its timeline. #QuantumCompilation #QubitCoherence #TemporalSlicing #UniversityOfChicago #LithiumSulfurBattery #TrappedIon #SuperconductingQubits #PhotonicQuantum #GateSet #QuantumAlgorithms #Simulation #CompilerDesign #QuantumSoftware #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #QuantumComputing #HardwareAbstraction Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 56 of The Quantum Computing Podcast dives into quantum compilation — the unsung layer between a programmer's code and a machine's microwave pulses…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":479,"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-new-compilation-algorithms/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-new-compilation-algorithms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}