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Google’s quantum computer hits key milestone by reducing errors

Researchers demonstrate for the first time that using more qubits can lower error rate of quantum calculations.
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  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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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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  1. Google Quantum AI Nature 614, 676–680 (2023).

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