Google’s quantum computer hits key milestone by reducing errors

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Researchers demonstrate for the first time that using more qubits can lower error rate of quantum calculations.

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.

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

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