Google's 'Willow' chip shocks the tech world: Historic achievement in quantum computing! Sundar Pichai's announcement
Google's latest quantum chip, 'Willow', has created a new revolution in the world of technology and achieved a historic milestone. This important announcement was made in an X post shared by the company's CEO, Sundar Pichai. "Our 'Willow' chip has achieved the first verifiable quantum advantage. It is 13,000 times faster than the best classical algorithm on the world's fastest supercomputer."
What is quantum advantage?
'Quantum advantage' is the ability of a quantum computer to complete calculations in a shorter time than classical computers can solve or would take ages.
An experiment using Google's 'Willow' chip has reportedly solved a complex mathematical problem in just a few minutes that would take even the fastest supercomputers billions of years to solve. The algorithm is known as 'Quantum Echoes'.
Sundar Pichai explained that Google has published a new quantum algorithm in the journal Nature, marking a major step in the company’s research journey. He noted that the Willow chip has achieved a verifiable quantum advantage for the first time by successfully running an advanced algorithm called ‘Quantum Echoes’. According to him, the chip performed this algorithm 13,000 times faster than the best classical algorithm on the world’s fastest supercomputer. Pichai emphasized that this breakthrough represents a significant milestone in reducing errors in quantum computing and brings Google closer to its long-term goal of developing a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
Why this achievement?
- Error Correction: The core of this achievement is that the 'Willow' chip was able to reduce errors in qubits, which is a major challenge in quantum computing. This will pave the way for more reliable quantum computers.
- Research potential: This new algorithm will help study the interactions between atoms. This has the potential to revolutionize drug research and the creation of new materials (Materials Science).
This achievement by Google is a clear indication that quantum computing is moving from a theoretical concept to a practical level. Google is in strong competition in this field with other companies such as IBM and Microsoft.
