Even Elon Musk is wowed by Google’s new quantum chip, which it claims ‘cracks a key challenge’ that’s existed for almost three decades

Elon Musk holds a microphone in front of the American flag (Credit: Samuel Corum—Getty Images)

• Google says its new state-of-the-art chip, called Willow, can perform computations that would take regular computers longer than the age of the universe to execute.

Google is turning heads—including that of world’s richest man, Elon Musk—with the announcement of its new quantum chip, called Willow.