Timeline and Predictions for Quantum Computing

The progress of classical computing from the conceptualization of a computing machine to the integrated circuit and microprocessors took around 170 years. Comparing this to quantum computing, it is suggested that we might currently be in the 1940s of quantum computing. By extrapolating from this comparison, it is proposed that we might have general scientific applications in about nine years, implying the advent of useful quantum computers. Additionally, the prediction timeframe includes 15 years for the development of personal quantum computers and 35 years for pocket quantum computers.