Google’s quantum computer hits key milestone by reducing errors

Physicists at Google have reached what they describe as their second milestone along the path to a useful quantum computer. At a laboratory in Santa Barbara, California, they have demonstrated that they can lower the error rate of calculations by making their quantum code bigger.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00536-w

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