• Quantum computing should be assessed on compute-per-watt and cost rather than qubit count, according to analysis published November 3, 2026.
• QuantWare CEO Matthijs Rijlaarsdam estimates a million-qubit machine would cost $100 billion to $1 trillion at current prices.
• Rijlaarsdam argues costs per qubit should fall at least a hundredfold as larger quantum computers are developed.
• Superconducting quantum systems have remained near 100 qubits for almost a decade; early systems consume more power running machinery than performing computations.

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