Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said Wednesday that quantum computing is reaching an inflection point and will be powerful enough in the coming years to help “solve some interesting problems” globally.

Quantum computing shares are jumping in premarket trading Wednesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that the industry was “reaching an inflection point."

After initially dismissing quantum computing as nothing more than speculative technology with a deployment date decades in the future, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seems to have done an about-face.During an appearance at Nvidia GTC Paris on Wednesday,