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Google’s Willow chip, boasting 105 qubits, epitomizes significant advancements in quantum technology. Its ability to minimize error rates as qubit numbers grow is groundbreaking since quantum systems are notoriously delicate and susceptible to disturbances. Willow equips quantum systems with a proverbial safety net, facilitating their growth without compromising accuracy.
An extraordinary mile marker has been achieved with Willow: it solved a problem in less than five minutes that would require classical supercomputers billions of years to address. That performance positions Willow in an entirely different stratum of computational capability.