Alphabet’s quantum computer needs just five minutes to solve a problem that would take supercomputers around 10 septillion years.
Google said its computer using the new Willow quantum chip beat the Frontier supercomputer in running a benchmark algorithm, doing in minutes what would take Frontier 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years — far longer than the age of the universe.
The algorithm, designed to test the quantum computer’s capabilities, has no known useful applications, but that’s beside the point, according to Hartmut Neven, founder of Google Quantum AI. Google targets delivering a real-world use case next year that would be impossible for a classical computer to solve, he said. “That is now getting within reach.”
But because quantum computers harness the behavior of subatomic particles, they need to operate in environments that prevent the particles from interacting with their surroundings, with most experiments assuming temperatures near absolute zero.
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