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Amazon Joins Quantum Race With New ‘Ocelot’ Chip
- Amazon Web Services has introduced a new quantum computing chip named Ocelot, which is developed to reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by 90 percent compared to current approaches.
- The Ocelot chip is a breakthrough in the pursuit of building fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond traditional computers' capabilities.
- The Ocelot chip incorporates 'cat qubit' technology and additional quantum error correction components onto a microchip manufactured using processes borrowed from the microelectronics industry.
- AWS researchers believe that quantum chips built based on the Ocelot architecture could cost as little as one-fifth of current approaches, accelerating the timeline to a practical quantum computer by up to five years.
- One major challenge in quantum computing is the sensitivity to external factors like noise, vibrations, and electromagnetic interference, all of which can cause errors in quantum computations.
- To address quantum error correction challenges, Ocelot was designed with error correction 'built in' from the ground up, requiring fewer resources compared to standard quantum error correcting approaches.
- Ocelot is still a prototype, and AWS plans to continue investing in quantum research and refining its approach to advance quantum computing technology.
- Microsoft also introduced a quantum chip called Majorana 1 with a Topological Core architecture, aiming to produce more reliable and scalable qubits for quantum computers.
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