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News: Recently, Google unveiled its next generation quantum computing chip called Willow.

About Willow Chip

Quantum Chip
Source- The Economic Times
  • It is a state of art quantum computing chip that has the potential to reduce errors exponentially.
  • It successfully solved a complex mathematical problem in just five minutes, a task which supercomputer takes 10 septillion years to solve.
  • It utilises superconducting transmon qubits for its operations.
    • These qubits exhibit quantum behavior at extremely low temperatures, functioning like artificial atoms in a quantum state.
    • Qubits are cooled to temperatures just above absolute zero to maintain delicate quantum states, minimise vibrations and other disturbances that could disrupt operations.
  • Willow chip will enable the building of a useful quantum computer, which has applications in diverse areas such as drug discovery, battery design, and fusion energy.
About Quantum Computing 

Quantum computing is a field of computer science that leverages quantum mechanics, the science of very tiny particles like atoms, to solve problems faster than classical computers. 

Classical computers use bits to represent information as 0 or 1, while quantum computers rely on quantum bits, which can be 0 or 1 or both at the same time. 


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