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Google's Willow Quantum Chip Completes 10^25-Year Computation in 5 Minutes, Promising Advances Amid Encryption Threat from Miya

Dec 12, 2024, 05:09 AM

Google has announced a significant advancement in quantum computing with its new chip, Willow, which successfully performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes. This computation would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers approximately 10 septillion years (10^25 years) to complete, a time frame that exceeds the age of the universe. The Willow chip is expected to enhance the capabilities of quantum devices, potentially surpassing existing technologies. Despite the breakthrough, experts note that real-world applications for this technology are still in development. Additionally, a government whistleblower has claimed that a separate quantum computer, named Miya, is being tested and could potentially break modern encryption methods, raising concerns about data security.