Google has achieved a huge advancement in quantum computing with its Willow quantum computing chip. After years of development, Google has achieved a breakthrough. The chip is capable of performing tasks that would take the most powerful supercomputer trillions of years to complete. In the latest benchmark test, Willow was able to complete a task in five minutes that would take the most powerful traditional supercomputer 10 septillion years. 10 septillion is one followed by an additional 25 zeros. So it’s incomprehensible how fast the quantum computer is.
After demonstrating their recent development Google’s parent company Alphabet’s stock has gotten a renewed momentum. At the time of writing the stock is trading at $185.12 which is up by 9.75 points. The previous closing was $175.37 so the stock gained 5.56% in a single day while gaining 8.04% in the last five days. With a market cap of 2.16 trillion, the stock was steady throughout the year with a slight increase over the year. The milestone in quantum computing is sure to bring Alphabet additional investors and the price will continue to rise as more people will want to ride the wave of the breakthrough.
Quantum computers use qubits instead of bits of 0 and 1 which are used in traditional semiconductor computers. This enables the computer to take advantage of both 0 and 1 at once, enabling the computer to perform numerous calculations simultaneously. Right now Willow contains 105 qubits. The computer can exponentially reduce error as the number of qubits increases. So with enough qubits, the computer will be capable of performing numerous groundbreaking tasks and simulations without errors.
Google has plans to scale up the quantum computer up to 1 million qubits. The development might take decades to accomplish the feat. But when it becomes available it will make large-scale time consuming operations very short with its fast processing power. The computer will be used in large-scale simulation, code-breaking, and Super AI development. Besides Google, other tech giants are also working on quantum computer development. Leading AI chip manufacturer Nvidia is working to develop quantum computers for AI development. Microsoft and IBM are also in the race to reach a breakthrough in quantum science