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Googleâs Willow Quantum Chip Crushes Classical Computers on a Cosmic Timescale

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Google 's Willow quantum chip can perform calculations in five minutes that would take the world’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years .

Willow's performance on the random circuit sampling (RCS) benchmark would take Frontier supercomputer until last month , much longer than the lifetime of the universe.

The more qubits Willow uses, the fewer errors the system has, Google says.

Willow also showed progress in real-time error correction in the system.

The Google team is now approaching the third milestone in its six -step quantum roadmap towards an error-corrected quantum computer. Neven believes that commercial applications may be three to five years away, instead of multiple decades away. As is the case with a qubit’s actual value, it’s impossible to say for sureâbut the Willow result shows that real progress is being made..

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