Quantum Technology Industry Report 2024
IQT’s Quantum Technology Industry Report 2024 is the second annual publication to provide the latest information you need to stay informed and expand your knowledge of the rapidly evolving quantum technology industry. Covering quantum cybersecurity, quantum sensors, and quantum networks as well as quantum computing itself, this annual report provides a thorough understanding of quantum technology from the latest testbeds, developments in market-driven applications, all the way to commercial software and hardware products trends.
- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
- Why does the Quantum Industry Need this Report?
- What is Quantum Technology?
- The Importance of Being a Qubit
- Plan of this Report
- Research Methodology Used
- PART TWO: QUANTUM COMPUTING AND QUANTUM PROCESSORS
- Full-stack Quantum Computers
- The QPU Business
- Roadmaps
- The Many Ways to Quantum Computing: Technology Developments Worldwide
- The IQT Ten: Ten Companies that Matter In Quantum Computing
- Quantum Inspired and Quantum Hybrid Systems
- Quantum Computing and Pharmaceuticals
- Quantum Computing and Advanced Materials
- Quantum Computing in the Automotive Industry
- Quantum in the Aerospace Industry
- Defense and National Security
- Quantum and the Financial Services Industry
- Ten-year Forecasts of Quantum Computing in Financial Services
- Planning and Implementing Quantum Computing in the Enterprise
- Coda: The Future of Quantum Computing: Quantum Advantage
- PART THREE: QUANTUM AI AND THE FUTURE
- Quantum AI: Current State of the Art
- GPUs and QPUs
- New Product Development with Quantum AI
- Searching Huge Databases
- Quantum AI Optimization
- Advantages of Quantum over Classical in an AI Environment
- Implementing Quantum AI
- PART FOUR: QUANTUM CYBERSECURITY
- Cybersecurity: When will the Quantum Threat Arrive?
- Cybersecurity Policy Considerations in the U.S.
- QKD + PQC + QNG: Emerging Techno-strategies for Quantum Cybersecurity
- Quantum Key Distribution
- PQC Cybersecurity Standards and Products
- PQC: Software Hardware and Services
- QRNGs
- PART FIVE: QUANTUM NETWORKING AND THE COMING OF THE QUANTUM INTERNET
- An Introduction to Quantum Networking
- Quantum Repeaters
- The Evolution of Quantum Networks
- Quantum Network Market Forecast
- Quantum Networks in the U.S.
- Quantum Networks in China
- Quantum Networks in Europe
- The Coming of the Quantum Internet
- The Quantum Internet-of-Things
- PART SIX: QUANTUM SENSORS: THE FIRST COMMERCIAL QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY SECTOR?
- The Quantum Sensor Sector in 2023 and beyond
- Quantum Sensor Market Forecast and Drivers
- Chip-scale Atomic Clocks
- Quantum Magnetometers
- Quantum Light Detectors
- Quantum Gravimeters, etc.
- Quantum Sensors in Transportation and Navigation
- Quantum Sensors in Construction, Surveying and the Oil and Gas Industries
- Quantum-enhanced Imaging in the Healthcare Segment
- Quantum Sensors in Defense
- Major Influencers on the Quantum Sensor Business
- PART SEVEN: QUANTUM COMPONENTS AND QUANTUM MATERIALS
- Introduction
- Dilution Refrigerators: Latest Developments
- Control Electronics and Cables: A Growing Opportunity
- Microwave and Optical Components
- Buying in or Making Components
- Quantum Materials
- PART EIGHT: FINANCING THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION
- Introduction
- Venture Quantum
- Public Companies and the Rise of SPACs
- A Quantum Funding Winter?
- Quantum Funding Alternatives
- PART NINE: WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION ISSUES
- Introduction
- The Quantum Workforce
- Why Start Now for Future Quantum Technology?
- What Skills Are Needed for a Quantum Workforce?
- The Role of Industrial Training
- Training from Professional Societies and Related Organizations
- Quantum Vendor-based Training
- Universities and Quantum Centers
- How to Create a Quantum Workforce
- Executive Education: Do CEOs Need to Know About Quantum?
- PART TEN: DEVELOPMENTS AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
- Quantum Technology: Policy and Politics
- Introduction: Quantum and Sino-American Relations
- Quantum in Canada
- Russia, Quantum and the Ukraine War
- The U.K., New Quantum Funding and Brexit
- Switzerland and Quantum
- Pan-European and European National Programs
- Quantum Technology In Japan
- Quantum in South Korea
- Appendix One: Recommended Reading and Other Information Sources
- Appendix Two: Author Biography
- List of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1-1: Eight-year Forecast of the Quantum Technology Market ($ Millions)
- Exhibit 1-2: A Map of Quantum Technology: Sectors, Subsectors and Status
- Exhibit 1-3: Selected Recent Advances in Error Correction/Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing
- Exhibit 2-1: Components of a Full-stack Quantum Computer
- Exhibit 2-2: Comparative Analysis of Quantum Computer Qubits and Fidelity
- Exhibit 2-3: Quantum Computer Technologies
- Exhibit 2-4: Ten Quantum Computer Firms to Watch
- Exhibit 2-5: Applications of Quantum Computing in Banking and Financial Services
- Exhibit 2-6: Expenditures on Quantum Computers by Types of Financial User ($ Millions)
- Exhibit 2-7: Evolution of Quantum Computing in the Enterprise
- Exhibit 4-1: Expenditures on Quantum Cybersecurity by Type of Technology ($ Millions)
- Exhibit 4-2: Six Factors Shaping the Worldwide QKD Sector
- Exhibit 4-3: NSA Perspectives and Counterviews
- Exhibit 4-4: PQC Algorithms Chosen by NIST in 2022
- Exhibit 4-5: PQC Software Opportunities
- Exhibit 4-6: QRNG Opportunities by End-user Market
- Exhibit 4-7: QRNG Opportunities By End-user Market
- Exhibit 4-8: Five Factors Shaping the QRNG Sector
- Exhibit 5-1: Three Generations of Quantum Repeater (QR) Development
- Exhibit 5-2: Timetable for the Evolution of Quantum Networks
- Exhibit 5-3: Expenditures for Quantum Networking Systems by Type and Products Used ($ Millions) (1)
- Exhibit 5-4: Notable Chinese Quantum Networking Achievements
- Exhibit 6-1: Quantum Sensing Technologies by Industrial Sector
- Exhibit 6-2: Summary of Eight-year Forecasts of Quantum Sensor Markets, by Type of Sensor ($ Millions)
- Exhibit 6-3: Use of Quantum Sensors for Enhanced Imaging in the Healthcare Sector
- Exhibit 7-1: Technology Approaches to CryoChips
- Exhibit 10-1: The Pillars of the European Quantum Program
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