Shares of Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG) surged to their highest level since July after the company unveiled Willow, a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:quantum computing chip it said can complete computations in less than five mওinutes that would take some of today's fastest supercomputer꧋s 10 septillion years.

In a blog post Monday, Google Quantum AI founder and lead Hartmut Neven pointed to Willow’s ability to reduce errors exponentially as it uses more qubits, the units of information computation in 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:quantum computing. (A septillion, ဣby the way, is a 1 followed by 24 zeroes—15 more than are in a billion.)

Historically, quantum chips have produced more errors the more qubits are used, Neven said.

Will🅘ow Hits Second of Six Google Quantum Milestones

That phenomenon, known as “quantum error correction,” is the second of six milestones on Google’s quantum computing roadmap, which culminates in a “large, error-corrected quantum computer.”

"We see Willow as an important step in our journey to build a useful quantum computer with practical applications in areas like drug discovery, fusion energy, battery design + more,” Google 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai said Monday on X.

Shares of Alphabet added more than 5% Tuesday to close at $186.53 and are up more than 30% this year.