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How Far Away Is 'Cryptographically Relevant'?

Google has 1,000 qubits. Breaking RSA needs 4 million. When will quantum computers threaten encryption? The timeline experts are betting on.

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Google's latest quantum chip, Willow, has 105 qubits, while IBM has released a 1,121-qubit processor. Breaking RSA-2048 requires roughly

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