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Post-Quantum Cryptography 2026: The Age of Deployment
Published August 2026
Post-Quantum Cryptography 2026: The Age of Deployment examines the rapidly expanding market for quantum-safe cybersecurity technologies as enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure operators prepare for the arrival of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs). While estimates vary, many experts now place “Q-Day,” the point at which quantum computers can break today’s public-key cryptography, within the 2030-2035 timeframe. Because cryptographic migrations can take many years to complete, organizations are increasingly recognizing that the transition to post-quantum security must begin immediately.
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Quantum Drug and Materials Design: Use Cases and Market Forecasts: 2026-2035
Published June 2026
Quantum computing is reshaping future pharmaceutical research and advanced materials design. This sector remains at an early stage; but with real-world demonstrations on quantum hardware are underway, with leading pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, and aerospace firms exploring how quantum systems can accelerate discovery, simulation, and optimization.
At CIR, we track the companies, technologies, partnerships, and algorithms driving this transformation. Our research examines how hybrid quantum-classical workflows are being used today for molecular simulation, catalyst development, battery chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, next-generation materials engineering and other strategically vital areas.
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Markets for Photonic Quantum Computers
Published May 2026
Our primary goal in this report is to analyze and quantify the commercial potential for quantum computers that use photonics for their main fabric. There are perhaps 15 models of such machines being commercialized at the present time with PsiQuantum having attracted the largest funding to date and Xanadu attracting considerable attention, too. But there are others as we report in this document, inevitably not as well known as PsiQuantum and Xanadu.
Of the serious contender technologies for quantum computers, photonic quantum computers seem the most “edgy” in that they (1) are the most strongly associated with measurement-based quantum computers (MBQCs) with their apparent path to significantly improved error correction and (2) offer a “natural path” to advanced quantum networks.
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Quantum Computer Markets: Who Leads?
Published April 2026
In this report we provide 13 strategic profiles of distinguished firms around the world working to provide the quantum computer market with full-stack quantum computers and compare them according to a new rating scheme we constructed. Our assessment approach scheme is unique in that it takes into consideration more than just technical benchmarking and appraises the companies considered on other factors that are just as important to long-term business success.
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AI Factories: The Emerging Industrial Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence
Available September 2026
This report examines the transformation of AI infrastructure from the server-based data centers of today into integrated production systems designed to “manufacture” computational intelligence at scale. AI factories take a completely new direction. Rather than treating an AI factory simply as a very large GPU cluster, this report analyzes it as a new computing architecture in which semiconductors, high-bandwidth memory, advanced packaging, networking, storage, software, electrical infrastructure and cooling planned together. Although a growing number of large firms are involved in the birthing of AI Factories, NVIDIA is understandably and especially enthusiastic – AI factories may contain as many as millions of GPUs. NVIDIA’s current Rubin architecture illustrates the direction in which the AI factory is pointing.
