The achievement of factoring 48-bit numbers with a 10-qubit quantum computer is a notable demonstration of quantum computing's potential. It indicates that smaller quantum computers can already handle certain tasks effectively. Okay, the statement also alludes to the scalability challenge when moving from a 10-qubit to a 433-qubit processor like IBM's Osprey. While there are no obvious barriers to scaling up, the practical challenges of managing such large-scale quantum hardware remain.

What about the scaling factor??? That’s how it will be compute: Scaling Factor = 433 (Osprey) / 10 (10-qubit processor)

This yields a scaling factor of 43.3, indicating that the Osprey processor has 43.3 times more qubits than the 10-qubit processor… nostr:note1p60le62j89fzhdyeu8hd6ree39kgr3sgwpgmuvkgs3nda3cupl3srmpykn