Comparing the entry of quantum computing to the Y2K era, Dell Technologies predicted the technology to scale meaningfully by 2028-29.
During the Dell Tech World 2026 event, John Roese, Chief Technology Officer, said companies working on quantum technology are hinting at the 2028-29 timeframe for quantum utility.
Earlier in December 2025, Roese predicted quantum to become a bigger disrupter than the entry of ChatGPT owing to the mathematical sophistication it will bring in.
“I don’t want to say this is the date but there is a bit of a convergence probably in the 2028-29 timeframe where some of these things get scaled enough to do something interesting. Companies are no longer saying it’s a decade out or giving random 2-5 years but saying dates more openly,” said Roese.
According to Michael Dell, Comapny CEO, Dell intends to lead the industry in PQC (Post quantum Cryptography) compliance and close quantum encryption. The company’s 18th generation server product line will be PQC compliant day one, he said. Further, he talked about looking at the technology’s progress to build QPUs (Quantum Processing Unit) that will move beyond GPUs.
The company aired the possibility of quantum-live systems in 2029 as Roese said he felt “very comfortable” with teams inching closer to resolving the engineering challenges in some of these modalities.
Dell hinted at a new domain of processing with the entry of quantum computing, stating, “It’s pretty hard to even imagine what this is going to look like if you’re stuck in the classical computing construct. It’s like Y2K, except you don’t know when it’s coming.”
The company’s strategy is to work on a hybrid classical quantum computing rather than the current classical computing, calling the manifestation of a quantum computer “an additive market.”
“We have very clear identified problems to get to quantum utility which means we have some usefulness out of these systems, not universal usefulness,” said Roese.
Meanwhile, India is set to launch its 1,000-qubit quantum computer within the next 4 to 5 years. In April, Ajai Chowdhry, Chairman of Mission Governing Board of NQM, said the biggest benefit of this move will be AI as the two technologies work “beautifully together.”
Published on May 25, 2026