The State of Quantum Computing (with Kirk Bresniker, HPE)

If you ask me, quantum computing is the single most interesting emerging technology at the moment. Jensen Huang from NVIDIA thinks quantum is reaching an inflection point...tech giants like IBM, Google and Microsoft are regularly making big breakthoughs and quantum computing specialist companies like IONQ, @rigetti , @dwavequantum and IQM are selling production ready quantum computers to customers right now. I mean, you can actually buy a fully functional quantum computer from them…today. At HPE Discover 2025 in Las Vegas I had a unique opportunity to have a chat with Kirk Bresniker, Hewlett Packard Labs Chief Architect, a HPE Fellow and HPEs quantum superstar. We talked about the very basics of quantum computing; what is it, where we are at right now, what will it solve and how does Kirk see HPE’s role in the emerging quantum computing ecosystem. The conversation turned out to be even more fascinating and eye-opening than I thought… 💥 NEW ONLINE COURSE: "Introduction to Enterprise IT [2024]" 💥 To learn the fundamentals of the entire Enterprise IT, enroll to my new 9-hour Online Course "Introduction to Enterprise IT": https://academy.techenthusiast.com/p/introduction-to-enterprise-it ====================== 📜 Table of Contents ====================== 00:00 Setting the stage: quantum computing momentum 01:42 What is quantum computing? 01:54 What's the difference: Quantum vs classical computing? 02:18 Will quantum computers replace classical computers? 02:59 Quantum and classical complement each other 04:31 What are quantum computers best at? 05:57 Biggest challenges with quantum computers 07:22 How significant is quantum computing? 08:50 When will we see the real benefits? 10:00 What's HPE's role in the quantum ecosystem? 11:14 HPE supercomputing + quantum computing 12:20 What is HPE doing about quantum computing? 15:39 How to learn more about quantum computing? 17:45 My 3 takeaways from the conversation ====================== 🌐 Relevant resources ====================== Kirk Bresniker's talk "The Quantum Brutalist" at HPE Discover 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGAqElcOZE DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative: https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/quantum-benchmarking-initiative ====================== 🎵 Music ====================== Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/pyzw6j/ ====================== 💼 Business Enquiries ====================== Would you like me to review/introduce your cool data center solutions? Contact me: markus[at]techenthusiast.com ====================== 🔗 Follow me ====================== Tech Enthusiast Academy: https://academy.techenthusiast.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/techenthusiast Website: http://techenthusiast.com