Google has unveiled an algorithm that can solve problems 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer

Google has made a breakthrough in the world of supercomputers. It developed a new quantum algorithm called “Quantum Echoes” that runs on Google’s quantum chip Willow. It can solve specific problems thousands of times faster than even the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

Quantum computers

Quantum computers use quantum physics to process information that classical computers cannot handle. It’s an entirely different way of working. The bottom line is that this could help develop new medicines, improve battery technology and advance clean energy solutions. And helping is certainly not passive: this algorithm is 13,000 times faster than regular algorithms that are currently used for this purpose.

However, we still have to be patient before this is deployed on a large scale. Google expects that quantum computers will solve real problems that are impossible for current computers within five years. It has been testing the technology for years and is now making it public.

Supercomputer

In fact, it is almost a shame that we are now busy working on things that would be a piece of cake for a supercomputer from the future. It feels a bit like Star Wars: those films were deliberately not all made immediately. George Lucas really waited because he foresaw that the future technological developments could make for a much better film. He was right about that, but not all fans were fans of the excess of computer animation. This is different with this new computer technology from Google: it can first be thoroughly tested, just as we are now also checking the work of AI.