King's College London becomes first UK team to use Google's Willow quantum chip
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King's College London has become the first UK team to use Google's Willow quantum chip, which researchers hope will help answer previously unanswerable questions about natural processes. While quantum computers won't replace existing machines, they promise solutions to currently unsolvable problems. Sir Peter Knight noted Willow broke new ground for practical quantum machines, though Google faces strong competition from rivals like IBM and significant technical hurdles remain.
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· 3 pulledWillow broke new ground, opening the door for machines that were of real practical value.
Quantum computers will not supersede existing machines, as there are many tasks they are not suited to.
King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important natural processes.
King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important natural processes.
