Google And UC Santa Barbara Working On Super-Fast Quantum Computing Chips

The future of computing is here! Internet giant Google and a team from UC Santa Barbara is working on super-fast quantum computing chips. In an official #-Link-Snipped-#, Hartmut Neven, Director of Engineering at Google shared that they have began working on project to design and build new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. For quite some time now, all eyes are set to witness the day when machines would think like humans. The day doesn't look far when Quantum computers could work at a surprisingly high speed and deliver unparalleled performance when compared to conventional computers built on silicon chips.


The concept of quantum computing chips lies in how atoms can perform memory processing tasks that deliver huge performance. However, another company named D-Wave systems claims to be the first one in this segment to have commercially shipped quantum computers. Scientists are studying whether the computer shipped by this start-up is actually a “quantum computer” as recent experiment results says that it did not perform any well than conventional computers while solving highly complex problems.

A team of UC Santa Barbara physicists have moved a step closer to realising the super-fast quantum computers, which are believed to be million times more fast and powerful at certain computations than today’s supercomputers. Google announced that the team will continue to work with D-Wave scientists to experiment with “Vesuvius” machine at NASA Ames which will be upgraded to 1000 qubit “Washington” processor.

Take a look at Google’s video on quantum computing here -

Source: Google Announces It Is Developing New Super-Fast Quantum Computing Chip With UC Santa Barbara