Google's most powerful quantum chip makes its debut
In the early hours of today, Google announced a significant breakthrough: its latest quantum chip, Willow, has achieved astonishing results in benchmark testing, completing a standard computation in less than five minutes. The world's fastest supercomputer would take more than 10^25 years to complete the same task, longer than the age of the universe!
The breakthrough with Willow allows for exponentially reduced errors when using a greater number of qubits, solving a quantum error correction challenge that has been under research for nearly 30 years.
Following the announcement by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, on this major advancement, Elon Musk promptly commented with "Wow." The two then engaged in a lively exchange in the comments section, with Pichai suggesting one day building a quantum cluster in space using SpaceX's Starship. Musk responded saying, "This is likely to happen.
The breakthrough with Willow allows for exponentially reduced errors when using a greater number of qubits, solving a quantum error correction challenge that has been under research for nearly 30 years.
Following the announcement by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, on this major advancement, Elon Musk promptly commented with "Wow." The two then engaged in a lively exchange in the comments section, with Pichai suggesting one day building a quantum cluster in space using SpaceX's Starship. Musk responded saying, "This is likely to happen.
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