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number of bits in the integer to be factored. Therefore, to factor RSA-2048, which has a key size of 2048 bits, a quantum computer with at least 2 * 2048 = 4096 qubits would be required. However, the actual number of qubits required for practical implementations of Shor’s algorithm could be much