According to AFP, citing Mr. Hartmut Neven, founder of Google Quantum AI, the new chip series called “Willow”, is only about 4 square centimeters in size but possesses “unimaginable” speed.
Google’s new quantum computing chip “Willow”.
Mr. Neven’s team of about 300 people at Google is on a mission to build quantum computers capable of solving difficult problems such as safe fusion energy and preventing climate change. According to Mr. Neven, a quantum computer that can solve these challenges is still many years away, but Willow sets the stage for an optimistic outlook.
“We see Willow as an important step in our journey to building a useful quantum computer with practical applications in areas such as drug discovery, fusion energy, battery design,” said Director of Google Sundar Pichai shares on X.
According to AFP, the important thing is that Google’s new chip has demonstrated the ability to reduce computational errors exponentially when scaling – a breakthrough that researchers have been unable to achieve for nearly 30 years. year. According to Google’s head of quantum hardware Julian Kelly, error correction is the “ultimate goal” in quantum computing and Google is “confidently progressing” on this path.
Dr. Peter Leek, researcher at the Quantum Institute of Oxford University (UK) evaluated Google’s results as a “typical example” of improvements in error correction, and said that the processing results were very good. involves calculations that “don’t have much practical application”.
Although still in its early stages, scientists believe that ultra-fast quantum computers will eventually be able to drive innovation in many fields. Quantum research is considered an important field by many countries around the world, including the US and China. Washington has also imposed restrictions on the export of this sensitive technology.
Mr. Olivier Ezratty, an expert on quantum technology, said that total public and private investment in this field worldwide in the past 5 years has amounted to about 20 billion USD.
