What our quantum computing milestone means
This moment represents a distinct milestone in our effort to harness the principles of quantum mechanics to solve computational problems.
This moment represents a distinct milestone in our effort to harness the principles of quantum mechanics to solve computational problems.
Today, Nature published its 150th anniversary issue with the news that Google’s team of researchers have achieved a big breakthrough in quantum computing known as quantum supremacy. It’s a term of art that means we’ve used a quantum computer to solve a problem that would take a classical computer an impractically long amount of time. This moment represents a distinct milestone in our effort to harness the principles of quantum mechanics to solve computational problems.
