Shor's algorithm is possible with as few as 10k reconfigurable atomic qubits
ipnon
13 points
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March 31, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
rramadass
> Recent neutral-atom experiments have demonstrated universal fault-tolerant operations below the error-correction threshold, computation on arrays of hundreds of qubits, and trapping arrays with more than 6,000 highly coherent qubits. Caltech Team Sets Record with 6,100-Qubit Array - https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-team-sets-record-...
da-bacon
Worth reading the comments over on scirate https://scirate.com/arxiv/2603.28627 for how to interpret some the claims.