(Independent.co.uk) Hartmut Neven, director of Google’s Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, recently shared that his lab’s most advanced quantum processor was improving at a rate far beyond what they had previously thought possible.
The revelation means the tech giant may be just months away from achieving what is known as quantum supremacy–when quantum computers are able to solve problems that classical computers practically cannot.
This unusual phenomenon allows quantum computers to be vastly more powerful than traditional computers and means they could potentially solve computing challenges far beyond the reach of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.