Google’s quantum chip, Willow, has sent ripples through the tech world. Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, proudly announced this milestone on his X account, describing Willow as a “state-of-the-art quantum chip” capable of scaling up while reducing errors — a feat considered nearly impossible until now. Pichai casually floated the idea of building a “quantum cluster in space” with Musk’s Starship, …
Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe. Like other tech giants such as Microsoft and IBM, Alphabet’s Google is chasing quantum computing because it promises computing …
As the oldest artisan working at the Yangliuqing woodblock prints workshop affiliated to Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, Wang Wenda has been busy preparing for another Spring Festival. Holding his self-made carving knife, day after day, 77-year-old Wang immerses himself in crafting one of the most renowned Chinese New Year picture brands. The name, which literally means “willow is green”, …
