Michaela Eichinger

Product Solutions Physicist. Breaking down the quantum stack so we can all keep up.

Quantum Error Correction

What determines how fast a fault-tolerant quantum computer actually runs?

May 11, 2026

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4 min read

What determines how fast a fault-tolerant quantum computer actually runs?

Why you should look at logical operations per second

Michaela Eichinger

Roadmap

Apr 26, 2026

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2 min read

IonQ's technical comeback

Why I am reconsidering my skepticism

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Applications

Quantum Computers Are Finally Doing Something Useful

Apr 12, 2026

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5 min read

Quantum Computers Are Finally Doing Something Useful

Exponential quantum advantage on real-world AI tasks

Michaela Eichinger

New estimates for breaking encryption with a quantum computer

Apr 5, 2026

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9 min read

New estimates for breaking encryption with a quantum computer

Breaking RSA and ECC with superconducting and neutral atom quantum processors

Michaela Eichinger

Fabrication

Mar 1, 2026

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5 min read

Just... Zap It

Why a probe station and a voltage source might be all you need to fix qubit frequency targeting in superconducting quantum processors

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Control

X,Y,Z - the alphabet of qubit measurements

Feb 22, 2026

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4 min read

X,Y,Z - the alphabet of qubit measurements

Why we measure superconducting qubits in a specific basis

Michaela Eichinger

How many physicists does it take to get a superconducting qubit chip up and running?

Jan 9, 2026

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5 min read

How many physicists does it take to get a superconducting qubit chip up and running?

Tales of a PhD student

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Error Correction

Nov 18, 2025

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6 min read

Making Sense of Quantum Error Correction

Notes on decoders, magic states, and lattice surgery

Michaela Eichinger

HPC

What It Takes to Put a Quantum Computer Inside a Supercomputing Center

Oct 9, 2025

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5 min read

What It Takes to Put a Quantum Computer Inside a Supercomputing Center

IQM and LRZ’s case study on integrating a superconducting qubit system into an HPC environment

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Control

Sep 12, 2025

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6 min read

The art of confusing a theorist

Why can't you just play an iSWAP gate for me ?

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Error Correction

Logical Qubits, Tracking Errors & the Lambda Metric

Aug 24, 2025

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5 min read

Logical Qubits, Tracking Errors & the Lambda Metric

A Look Inside Google's Willow Chip (2)

Michaela Eichinger

QPU Performance

Making Sense of Quantum Performance - A Look Inside Google's Willow Chip (1)

Aug 10, 2025

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7 min read

Making Sense of Quantum Performance - A Look Inside Google's Willow Chip (1)

How to Read Performance Metrics of a Quantum Processor

Michaela Eichinger

Topological Quantum Computing

What's Really Going On at Microsoft Quantum

Jul 18, 2025

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10 min read

What's Really Going On at Microsoft Quantum

A simple guide to their hardware, roadmap, and the results from their latest paper

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Control

Jul 11, 2025

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7 min read

New Paths to a Perfect Measurement

Exploring the next generation of high-fidelity qubit readout

Michaela Eichinger

Quantum Error Correction

Jul 6, 2025

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5 min read

Where the ancillas at ?

Another day, another QEC angle

Michaela Eichinger