Google Develops New Quantum AI Chip In Goleta
CREATING A COMPLEX NEW QUANTUM AI CHIP at Google’s Campus near the University of California Santa Barbara is international news that caused Google stock to go up significantly at the announcement. The chip is called Willow and it provides advanced quantum error correction at incredible speeds. Willow will be manufactured at the Goleta campus.
“The vision was to build a useful, large-scale quantum computer that could harness quantum mechanics — the “operating system” of nature to the extent we know it today — to benefit society by advancing scientific discovery, developing helpful applications, and tackling some of society’s greatest challenges,” said Hartmut Neven, Quantum AI’s founder, in a press release about their latest advancement, the Willow quantum chip.
Google, a South Coast Chamber of Commerce member and international corporation, opened their Goleta campus in 2014 to be close to UCSB and South Coast tech development and research environment. Google’s Quantum AI campus was built from the ground up for the singular purpose of quantum AI hardware development. Quantum AI uses quantum computing to enhance machine learning algorithms and to create more powerful AI modes.The Google Campus is one of only a few facilities in the world.
Beyond state-of-the-art, the Willow Chip stands to radically alter the quantum computing landscape. Quantum computing uses qubits rather than the traditional computing language, and the Willow is a 105-qubit superconducting processor, which reduces computing error and greatly accelerates the speed of computing. These advances in computing power are lightyears ahead of its predecessors.
“Ive been fascinated with quantum computing since I first experimented with qubits in 2008,” said Julian Kelly, Director of Hardware at Quantum AI, in a promotional video released on YouTube, “and since coming to Google in 2015, it has been a dream to make our mission a reality, building quantum computers for otherwise unsolvable problems.”
The advances in large-scale quantum computing hold potential for applications in medicine and new energy solutions that could revolutionize those industries.
