Jensen Huang of Nvidia claims quantum computing is nearing breakthrough
Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that quantum computing is reaching an inflection point and would help “solve some interesting problems” globally in the next years. Quantum computing, which technology companies have been studying for decades, will make systems “more robust, higher performance and more resilient,” Huang said in a keynote speech at a corporate event conducted alongside the VivaTech 2025 conference in Paris. Subatomic particles’ unique features are used in quantum computing to process data quicker than semiconductor-based electronics. Technical problems and high costs of constructing practical systems have kept the sector in experimental mode. Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google are exploring quantum systems’ practical applications.
Huang’s comments boosted quantum technology stocks premarket. US-listed D-Wave Quantum Inc. climbed 2% and IonQ Inc. 3.6 percent. Rigetti Computing Inc. rose 4.5 percent and Quantum Computing 8.4 percent before New York exchanges opened. Huang said Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell 200 chip will accelerate its complete quantum algorithm stack for quantum computing. Quantum computers could speed up huge language models and improve AI.
Huang’s forecast changes from January, when he predicted decades for “very useful” quantum computers, which researchers still use. Because they can calculate concurrently, quantum computers can process information and solve problems faster than classical computers. Traditional computers process data in bits, which can only be 0 or 1. Before moving on, the machine must give a value to each bit.
Quantum computers’ qubits can be in “superposition,” where they don’t obtain a value until the computer finishes calculating and work together. “Just like Moore’s Law, I could totally expect 10 times more logical qubits every five years, 100 times more every 10 years,” Huang added.
