Quantum computing today is what classical computers were in the 1950s. We’re not even at the BetaMax, VHS stage yet.” From the company that brought you the famous ‘hype cycle’, it’s refreshing to hear that Gartner’s Research VP Matthew Brisse is downplaying a lot of the market noise being made around the status of quantum computing.

In a fast-moving industry that’s always looking to push boundaries and punt exciting new technologies, or even rebrand existing ones with catchy buzzwords, it’s little wonder that there’s at least some hype building about this new computing paradigm.