# How to Build a Quantum Computer  ## About - Author: Cosmos - Title: How to Build a Quantum Computer - Tags: #articles - URL: https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/how-to-build-a-quantum-computer/ ## Highlights building an actual quantum computer that can solve useful problems is beyond the realm of academic research – it will cost billions of dollars to develop. I am a professor at the University. I teach, I supervise students, I do basic research. My job is to come up with good ideas and demonstrate that they work, and if they are useful they get picked up by industry and become the basis for their engineering and manufacturing development. I do my work in world-class research facilities, which look almost artisan compared to the $10-billion silicon foundries where commercial chips are manufactured. The important point is that I do basic research – curiosity driven research – but I do it on a physical platform that is compatible with the most sophisticated industrial manufacturing, so that the transition to useful products can be as quick and as painless as possible. - Note: This is an interesting idea – universities typically sit at the low TRLs ---