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Google announces quantum computing chip breakthrough

Economic Times · 8m ago

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Google has unveiled a quantum computing chip, code-named Willow, which promises to take practical quantum computing closer to reality. The chip can perform in minutes what leading supercomputers would take 10 septillion years to complete. This breakthrough brings quantum computing a step closer to solving unsolvable problems including fusion power and climate change. While a quantum computer capable of tackling such challenges is still years away, this development marks significant progress in that direction. The chip's ability to reduce computational errors exponentially as it scales up is a crucial advancement in quantum computing that has eluded researchers for decades.