Curator's Take
This article spotlights a growing consensus that America’s quantum advantage will hinge not just on breakthroughs in labs but on a coordinated industrial push to turn those discoveries into chips, sensors and secure communications at scale. Narang’s warning echoes recent policy moves—such as the National Quantum Initiative Act and the CHIPS‑for‑America program—that aim to close the gap between research funding and domestic supply‑chain development, especially as China accelerates its own quantum manufacturing push. By urging a clear procurement strategy now, the piece underscores how early alignment of academia, industry and government could prevent the “lost‑in‑translation” scenario that stalled earlier U.S. tech revolutions.
— Mark Eatherly
Summary
Insider Brief The United States risks repeating one of the biggest strategic mistakes in its technology history unless it pairs quantum computing research leadership with a domestic manufacturing and procurement strategy, according to a Financial Times opinion essay by UCLA physicist Prineha Narang. Narang, a professor of physical sciences and electrical and computer engineering at […]