Google wants a quantum computer in 2029
Google aims to build a useful, error-corrected quantum
computer by the end of the Decade, the Company explained in a weblog post. The
research giant is hoping that new technology will help solve a series of big
problems like feeding the world and climate change to develop better medicines.
To develop this technology, Google unveiled a new quantum AI campus in Santa
Barbara containing a quantum data center, hardware research labs, and quantum
processor chip manufacturing facilities. It will spend billions to develop the
technology over the next decade, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The goal announced
Tuesday at Google I / O comes a year and a half after Google said it had
achieved quantum supremacy, a milestone where a quantum computer performed a
computation that would be impossible on a traditional classical computer.
Google says its quantum computer was able to perform a computation in 200
seconds that would have taken 10,000 years or more on a traditional
supercomputer. But competitors rushing to build quantum computers on their own
cast doubt on Google's alleged progress. Rather than take 10,000 years, IBM
argued at the time that a traditional supercomputer could effectively complete
a task in 2.5 days or less.
This
additional processing power could be useful for simulating molecules, and
therefore nature, with precision, according to Google. It could help us design
better batteries, create more carbon-efficient fertilizers, or develop more
targeted drugs, as a quantum computer could run simulations before a company
invests in building real prototypes. Google also expects quantum computing to
have big benefits for the development of AI.
Although it
claims to have reached the milestone of Quantum Supremacy, Google says it has a
long way to go before such computers are useful. While today's quantum
computers are made up of less than one hundred qubits, Google targets machines
built with 1,000,000. Getting there is a multi-step process. Google says it
needs to cut down on qubit errors first, before it can think of building one
thousand physical qubits together into one logical qubit. This will lay the
foundation for the quantum transistor, a building block of future quantum
computers.
Despite the challenges, Google is optimistic about its probabilities. We're at this inflection point, Hartmut Neven, scientist at Google's quantum AI program, told the Wall Street Journal, "We now have the important components that make us feel confident. We know how to execute sheet. direction. ”Google is finally considering offering quantum computing services in the cloud.
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