D-Wave has announced a roadmap for its gate-model quantum computing system, aiming to develop a 100-logical-qubit fault-tolerant system by 2032, capable of executing over one million operations. This system, based on D-Wave's superconducting dual-rail qubit architecture, is designed to detect approximately 90% of qubit errors during computation, reducing the physical-qubit overhead required for quantum error correction. The roadmap outlines key milestones, including the development of systems with 17 physical qubits in 2026 and 49 physical qubits in subsequent years. This advancement has significant implications for fields such as quantum chemistry and quantum AI, where complex calculations can be performed more efficiently1. The successful development of a 100-logical-qubit system would mark a major breakthrough in quantum computing, enabling the simulation of complex systems and materials, so what matters to practitioners is that this milestone could unlock new possibilities for quantum computing applications in the next decade.