Google Announces Quantum Computing Chip Breakthrough

Google says the Willow chip has it confidently on a path to the kind of quantum computing that could tackle seemingly insurmountable real-world problems (Credit: AFP)

Google on Monday showed off a new quantum computing chip that it said was a major breakthrough that could bring practical quantum computing closer to reality.

A custom chip called "Willow" does in minutes what it would take leading supercomputers 10 septillion years to complete, according to Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven.