[Verse 1] In the lab they shine so bright, qubits dancing in the light Single gates and perfect states, proof of concept looks so right But the journey's just begun, from the few to millions run Error rates start climbing high when we scale beyond the sky [Chorus] SCALE - Stability, Connectivity, Architecture, Logic, Error correction FAULT - Fidelity, Algorithms, Understanding, Logic gates, Threshold crossing From the lab to quantum advantage We must bridge this scaling challenge [Verse 2] Two-qubit gates are hard to build when the neighbors aren't connected Limited topology means some algorithms get rejected Physical qubits break apart, logical qubits steal the heart Encoding schemes protect the dream but overhead tears apart [Chorus] SCALE - Stability, Connectivity, Architecture, Logic, Error correction FAULT - Fidelity, Algorithms, Understanding, Logic gates, Threshold crossing From the lab to quantum advantage We must bridge this scaling challenge [Bridge] Surface codes and magic states Distillation compensates When the error threshold's crossed All the noise becomes our boss But below that sacred line Fault tolerance will shine [Verse 3] NISQ devices show us hope, near-term algorithms help us cope But for Shor and true speedup, we need millions working up Quantum error correction's key, turning noise to harmony When we reach that golden day, classical will fade away [Chorus] SCALE - Stability, Connectivity, Architecture, Logic, Error correction FAULT - Fidelity, Algorithms, Understanding, Logic gates, Threshold crossing From the lab to quantum advantage We must bridge this scaling challenge [Outro] The quantum threat is coming near When scaling challenges disappear
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