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RPGoogle has just announced a major breakthrough in the world of quantum computing.
Remember their Willow quantum chip that they unveiled in December of last year?
Well.
For the first time in HISTORY, Willow has demonstrated the first-ever algorithm to achieve verifiable quantum advantage on hardware, surpassing even the fastest classical supercomputers (13,000x faster).
It can compute the structure of a molecule, and paves a path towards real-world applications.
You might remember that back in 2019, Google famously demonstrated that a quantum computer could solve a problem that would take the fastest classical supercomputer thousands of years.
Today’s breakthrough moves us much closer to quantum computers that can drive major discoveries in areas like medicine and materials science.
Now there is debate in the quantum community, whether this is all just marketing speak or a real step towards quantum supremacy.
I’m merely an enthusiast, certainly not an expert, so I am definitely not smart enough to weight in.
But at the very worse, this means more excitement and funding for physics research, which I think is a great thing.
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