{"id":1061264,"date":"2026-01-20T06:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TKbMHspFYSJEuDugKWNp4B"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:46:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:46:51","slug":"googles-willow-chip-is-a-big-leap-towards-usable-quantum-computing-but-its-claim-of-beating-a-classical-computer-by-a-septillion-years-is-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/googles-willow-chip-is-a-big-leap-towards-usable-quantum-computing-but-its-claim-of-beating-a-classical-computer-by-a-septillion-years-is-meaningless\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s WIllow chip is a big leap towards usable quantum computing but its claim of beating a classical computer by a &#8216;septillion years&#8217; is meaningless"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7ppd_RY-UE\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Quantum computers might seem like a work of science fiction but they really do exist. While they&#8217;re still a long way from being used for the purposes for which they&#8217;re best suited, Google&#8217;s quantum computing research lab has published results on its latest chip that show the future isn&#8217;t as distant as you&#8217;d think.<\/p>\n<p>The quantum chip in question is called <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/research\/google-willow-quantum-chip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Willow<\/a> (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2024\/12\/google-gets-an-error-corrected-quantum-bit-to-be-stable-for-an-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ars Technica<\/a>) and Google likes to use some rather creative copy to describe its capabilities: &#8220;Willow performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today\u2019s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years \u2014 a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That does sound mightily impressive but the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-07998-6\" target=\"_blank\">benchmark in question<\/a> is one that&#8217;s essentially designed to showcase quantum computers in the best possible light.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, what Google has done with Willow <em>is<\/em> impressive, even if one ignores the hyperbole and all comes down to something called quantum error correction (QEC). This is a collection of techniques that are used to help overcome quantum computing&#8217;s problems around errors and it&#8217;s generally thought that QEC will be the tool that leverages quantum computing out of the lab and into everyday reality.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08449-y\" target=\"_blank\">paper<\/a> detailing Google&#8217;s work is understandably <em>very<\/em> complex but the overall gist of it is that the researchers at Google Quantum AI discovered adding more qubits to Willow actually reduced its error rate, rather than increasing it.<\/p>\n<p>This was achieved by grouping more physical qubits (the quantum computing equivalent of a digital bit) into logical qubits, making it much easier to detect, and then correct, any errors.<\/p>\n<p>On face value, the numbers achieved don&#8217;t seem particularly impressive\u2014105 physical qubits in total, with an error rate of 0.143%\u2014but this is why Google used the &#8216;septillion years&#8217; statement mentioned above, to try and put it into some kind of context.<\/p>\n<p>Something else that was an impressive achievement was the longevity of the logical qubits, with the quantum information being retained for up to an hour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Your next upgrade<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"tidxyoUY3P2N5A2jEhgSNK\" name=\"nvidia-rtx-4070-12.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"Nvidia RTX 4070 and RTX 3080 Founders Edition graphics cards\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/googles-willow-chip-is-a-big-leap-towards-usable-quantum-computing-but-its-claim-of-beating-a-classical-computer-by-a-septillion-years-is-meaningless.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best CPU for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: The top chips from Intel and AMD.<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-motherboards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming motherboard<\/strong><\/a>: The right boards.<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best graphics card<\/strong><\/a>: Your perfect pixel-pusher awaits.<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best SSD for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Get into the game ahead of the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Due to the way quantum computers work, it&#8217;s impossible to achieve an error rate of zero and have an infinitely sustained qubit, but neither is required to achieve a practical, fully functional quantum computer.<\/p>\n<p>The errors just need to be low enough such that it&#8217;s very unlikely to occur during a calculation cycle, as well as having no loss of qubits during that time.<\/p>\n<p>All that is some way still off being realised but Google&#8217;s work has shown that it&#8217;s certainly achievable. Now it will be a matter of continuing to scale what has already been discovered with Willow, increasing the qubit count and their longevity.<\/p>\n<p>From there, logic gates will be next and, ultimately, this will lead to a design for a genuine QEC processor that will ultimately be used to tackle problems that traditional supercomputers have grind to solve\u2014particularly AI, complex simulations, and data analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Just don&#8217;t expect a quantum computer at home, to make you a cup of Earl Grey tea, any time soon.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/googles-willow-chip-is-a-big-leap-towards-usable-quantum-computing-but-its-claim-of-beating-a-classical-computer-by-a-septillion-years-is-meaningless\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum computers might seem like a work of science fiction but they really do exist. While they&#8217;re still a long way from being used for the purposes for which they&#8217;re best suited, Google&#8217;s quantum computing research lab has published results on its latest chip that show the future isn&#8217;t as distant as you&#8217;d think. The quantum chip in question is called Willow (via Ars Technica) and Google likes to use some rather creative copy to describe its capabilities: &#8220;Willow performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take one of today\u2019s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years \u2014 a number that vastly exceeds the age of the Universe.&#8221; That does sound mightily impressive but the benchmark in question is one that&#8217;s essentially designed&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/googles-willow-chip-is-a-big-leap-towards-usable-quantum-computing-but-its-claim-of-beating-a-classical-computer-by-a-septillion-years-is-meaningless\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1061264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google&#039;s WIllow chip is a big leap towards usable quantum computing but its claim of beating a classical computer by a &#039;septillion years&#039; is meaningless | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quantum computers might seem like a work of science fiction but they really do exist. 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