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Google says its newest microchip has solved a key quantum computing problem, and the information even earned a nod from Elon Musk.
“Introducing Willow, our new state-of-the-art quantum computing chip with a breakthrough that may scale back errors exponentially as we scale up utilizing extra qubits, cracking a 30-year problem within the area,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai wrote on X on Monday.
Sundar Pichai (Jerod Harris/Getty Pictures for Vox Media/File)
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“In benchmark checks, Willow solved a typical computation in <5 minutes that may take a number one supercomputer over 10^25 years, far past the age of the universe!”
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Pichai added, “We see Willow as a vital step in our journey to construct a helpful quantum laptop with sensible functions in areas like drug discovery, fusion power, battery design, + more.”
“Wow,” Musk responded, sparking a trade between the SpaceX founder and the Google chief, who wrote again, “We should always do a quantum cluster in area with Starship in the future,” with a smiley face.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, appeared impressed with the capabilities of Google’s newest chip, “Willow.” (Antonio Masiello/Getty Pictures/File)
“That can most likely occur,” Musk replied. “Any self-respecting civilization ought to no less than attain Kardashev Kind II. In my view, we’re at the moment solely at <5% of Kind I. To get to ~30%, we would want to position photovoltaic panels in all desert or extremely arid areas.”
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Like different tech giants equivalent to Microsoft and IBM, Google is chasing quantum computing as a result of it guarantees computing speeds far quicker than at the moment’s quickest methods.
Willow has 105 “qubits,” which are the constructing blocks of quantum computer systems. Qubits are quick, however error-prone, as a result of they are often jostled by something as small as a subatomic particle from occasions in the outer area.
As extra qubits are packed onto a chip, these errors can add as much as make the chip no higher than a standard laptop chip. So, for the reason that in the Nineties, scientists have been engaged in quantum error correction.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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