The decision on the table
Flow simulation is one of the largest compute bills in aerospace and automotive design. Buyers need to know when quantum could matter for it, not a promise that it already does.
Mobility · aerospace
A dated roadmap for aerodynamic flow simulation
A flow-transport solver mapped to the logical-qubit scale at which we will test it against the classical solver, running today across seven hardware platforms. No advantage on present hardware is claimed.
Headline result
~93 logical qubits (projected)
A measured cost law projected to about 93 logical qubits; a projection, not a measurement
Projection
What we did, with proprietary methods
We built a solver for the linear transport step of a flow simulation, measured how its cost grows, and placed the problem sizes and logical-qubit counts at which it is worth testing against the classical solver. The same methods run on superconducting, neutral-atom, trapped-ion and photonic machines.
What it was worth
A measured cost law projected to about 93 logical qubits; a projection, not a measurement
Know when to plan for it
- Baseline
- Open-ended vendor timelines
- Condition
- A measured cost law projected to about 93 logical qubits; a projection, not a measurement
No lock-in to one machine
- Baseline
- A solver tied to one vendor
- Condition
- The same methods run on seven platforms across four hardware families
What happened next
The roadmap now has a planning point in hardware terms, about 93 logical qubits, projected from a measured cost law. Meanwhile the same methods already run on seven platforms across four hardware families.
Decision it enabled
Know when to plan for it
Instead of: Open-ended vendor timelines
Verified by · Projection from a cost law we measured; platform reach is a device result.
How we know
- 01Cost growth measured on the transport step; the crossing scale (about 93 logical qubits at 65,536 points per axis) is a forward projection from that measured law.
- 02Runs on seven platforms: superconducting, neutral-atom, trapped-ion and photonic.
- 03Not claimed: an advantage on present hardware or on standard benchmark flows.
StatusProjectionA projection from a measured cost law. Platform reach is measured on hardware.
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