Definition
Fault-tolerant quantum computing uses quantum error correction to run reliable logical qubits despite physical qubit noise—required for cryptographically relevant and commercially useful quantum algorithms.
Key Points
- Industry convention: millions of physical qubits needed for useful fault tolerance
- oratomic claims internal error-correction breakthrough enabling utility with 10K–20K reconfigurable neutral-atom qubits (company thesis, unpublished at scale)
- Oratomic skips NISQ prototype products; targets end-of-decade utility machine
10K–20K qubit claim based on unpublished internal research and smaller Caltech lab demos—present as company thesis, not established fact.