Google unveils quantum computing breakthrough

Quantum Echoes algorithm ran 13,000 times faster than possible on the best supercomputer

- Bloomberg

Quantum computers make calculations in a parallel, rather than a sequentially way, unlike traditional computers.

(REUTERS)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google ran an algorithm on its “Willow” quantum-computing chip that can be repeated on similar platforms and can outperform classical supercomputers, a breakthrough it said clears a path for useful applications of quantum technology within five years.

The “Quantum Echoes” algorithm, detailed ina paper published Wednesday in the science journal Nature, is verifiable, meaning it can be repeated onanother quantum computer.

Italso ran 13,000 times faster than possible on the world’s best supercomputer, Google said. Taken together, the advances point to a broad range of potential uses in medicine and materials science, Google said.