Unconditional Quantum Advantage on Hardware

UT Austin and Quantinuum report a task where any classical algorithm provably needs 62–382 bits of memory, yet the same task is solved with 12 qubits on a real trapped‑ion machine. Unlike past 'quantum supremacy' demonstrations that relied on unproven complexity assumptions, this shows an unconditional advantage in information resources on today’s hardware. The team frames this as 'quantum information supremacy,' a new benchmark for progress. — It resets how media, funders, and policymakers should judge quantum claims by providing a verifiable standard that doesn’t depend on conjectures, shaping expectations for near‑term utility.