And based on what i found, it looks like that researcher currently or used to be owner or that publication. This is what i did,
1. Read news mentioned by OP which mention https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373516233_QC_Algorithms_Faster_Calculation_of_Prime_Numbers.
All our computations were done in a commercial cellphone, or a commercial Linux desktop, as our QC devices -- opening the user market to many industries. No cryogenics or special materials were used. A post-quantum, HIPAA compliant, end-to-end, patent-free, export-free, secure online solution, is being created, based on ZSentry as used from 2004 to 2014, to replace RSA.
the first part doesn't even sound believable to anyone that know about the difficulty of factoring. the second part sounds like someone that had a little too much to drink.
well i guess this was a false alarm. but at some point in the future, we should expect to see a story with this exact title where they actually provide the factorization. and i wouldn't be surprised if it was in the next 5 years. but it could be 10.
and yeah, this guy gives off Craig Wright vibes. for sure.
Not even close to that time-frame. As @o_e_l_e_o pointed out that is an insane amount of data.
This is the same as the magic carburetor that allowed you to get 200 miles to a gallon of gas in your 2 ton truck, it just can't be done.
Things like this will keep coming up again and again and yet it never seems to happen. Nor will it.
-Dave