# Quantum computers are hedging closer with Google breakthrough

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/quantum-computers-are-hedging-closer-with-google-breakthrough/23055
**Category:** General
**Created:** 2024-12-10T08:53:43Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @anon80779245 — 2024-12-10T08:53:44Z

> **[Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/google-quantum-computing.html)**
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> Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)

[https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-says-it-has-cracked-quantum-computing-challenge-with-new-chip-2024-12-09](https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-says-it-has-cracked-quantum-computing-challenge-with-new-chip-2024-12-09)

> **[Google gets an error-corrected quantum bit to be stable for an hour](https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/google-gets-an-error-corrected-quantum-bit-to-be-stable-for-an-hour/)**
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> Using almost the entire chip for a logical qubit provides long-term stability.

Google managed to reduce errors by a lot, which means quantum computer are becoming closer to reality.