Amazon debuts Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip

In Brief Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip. The news brings it into line with its big cloud rivals Microsoft and Google, which have also unveiled their own quantum chips in recent months, respectively Majorana and Willow. The cloud computing giant has long been investing in the quantum computing space, starting in 2019 with its Braket quantum computing-as-a-service launched in partnership with industry players such as QuEra and Rigetti. Quantum computing builds on principles borrowed from quantum mechanics, leveraging “quantum bits” (qubits) to perform complex calculations more quickly than traditional computers. Applications potentially include drug discovery, cryptography and security, and AI. Building quantum chips that can run with reduced errors — one of the gating factors for quantum computing now — will be central to advancing quantum computing overall. Ocelot was developed in partnership with the California Institute of Techn ... Read full article.