The Google Quantum AI Lab, tirelessly working to create a quantum computer that one day will be able to solve the most important problems of the world and replace the traditional computers that we all so accustomed to. Finally, the company managed to make a small breakthrough in this direction and to create a compact Bristlecone processor, capable to compete with modern silicon solutions key manufacturers CPU.
One of the most important problems of modern quantum computers is the high level of errors committed in the computation process. It is the objective of Google engineers and aim to resolve as quickly as possible, thereby bringing the precision of quantum computing to our realities and making such iron suitable for mass use. Processor Bristlecone was demonstrated during the event, American Physical Society, which was held this Monday in Los Angeles.
“We strongly believe that quantum computers based on the processor Bristlecone will be able to surpass the traditional PC in many areas”, — said from the stage the head of Google Research Julian Kelly.
The main advantage of processor Google over other quantum solutions is not only the fact that with its compact size it contains 72 qubit, but also the use of special technology of quantum errors correction. The previous 9-Kubany processor Google showed a number of errors at the 1% level. Even despite a significant increase in the number of qubits in the new CPU, the engineers managed to keep the error rate at the same level thanks to the innovative algorithm of correction of quantum computing.
At the moment quantum computers are a very small number of large companies that need them for specific tasks like cryptography. But analysts at research firm Communications Industry Researchers believe that by 2023 the profits of the market of quantum computing will amount to an impressive $ 8 billion. Today quantum computers are interested giants such as Samsung, Daimler, Honda, JP Morgan, and others. The greatest results in this area to date has reached engineers at IBM and Intel. Now they were joined by Google, which did not want to stay away from a potentially incredibly lucrative market share.
Google unveiled its new quantum processor Bristlecone
Sergey Grey