Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. Google has chalked up several amazing quantum computing ...

Google’s Willow quantum chip achieved a milestone by performing a computation in under five minutes, which would take a supercomputer ten trillion years. Google acknowledges that the Random Circuit ...

Quantum advantage: Schematic diagram of the Zuchongzhi-3 chip. 105 qubits and 182 couplers are integrated on the same chip to perform quantum random circuit sampling tasks. (Courtesy: USTC) ...

Qjump utilizes shallow quantum circuits to navigate the complex energy landscape and leap between promising regions—or basins—that often entrap traditional classical methods. Quantum computing holds ...

In what specific cases do quantum computers surpass their classical counterparts? That’s a hard question to answer, in part because today’s quantum computers are finicky things, plagued with errors ...