Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the physics of black holes

Researchers from Google Quantum AI report that their quantum processor, Willow, ran an algorithm for a quantum computer that solved a complex physics problem thousands of times faster than the world's most powerful classical supercomputers.

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Using a technique called Quantum Echoes, Google says its latest chip has delivered results that outperform traditional computers and can be mathematically checked for accuracy.

The firm says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future scientific applications.

Google's Willow quantum chip stuns scientists with 13,000× speed boost over top supercomputers in physics simulation.

Today, Google and a large collection of academic collaborators are publishing a paper describing a computational approach that demonstrates a quantum advantage compared to current algorithms—and may actually help us achieve something useful.

Google says its quantum computer achieved a verifiable calculation that classic computers cannot. The work could point to future applications.

Experts believe entangling a brain with a quantum computer could finally reveal where consciousness comes from.