Error Correction — The Real Bottleneck
Understanding Quantum Computing
Decoherence, error correction, and the real bottleneck. NIST post-quantum standards 2024. 'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later.'
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6 pagesLesson 6 — Error Correction: The Real Bottleneck
Understanding the Complex: Understanding Quantum Computing
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A quantum computer running Shor's algorithm could break RSA encryption. But "could" requires roughly 4 million physical qubits running at error rates that don't exist yet. Here's why.