Google rises as tech giant unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip
Dec. 09, 2024 12:17 PM ET
By: Chris Ciaccia, SA News Editor
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- Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares rose on Monday as the tech giant unveiled what it has called a "mind-boggling" quantum computing chip.
- The chip, known as Willow, is capable of handling complex calculations in a span of five minutes, while the world’s most powerful supercomputers would need 10 septillion years, the tech giant said in a study published in Nature. "Our results present device performance that, if scaled, could realize the operational requirements of large scale fault-tolerant quantum algorithms," Google researchers wrote in the study's abstract.
- "We see Willow as an important step in our journey to build a useful quantum computer with practical applications in areas like drug discovery, fusion energy, battery design + more," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a post on X, about the discovery.
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