INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: Building and Exercising a Superconducting Quantum Processor Prototype

The Google Quantum AI team develops chip-based circuitry that one can interact with, which behaves reliably according to a simple quantum model. Such quantum hardware holds promise as a platform for tackling problems intractable to classical computing hardware. While the demonstration of a universal, fault-tolerant, quantum computer remains a goal for the future, it has informed the design of a prototype with which we can control quantum systems of unprecedented scale. Prototype quantum processors can enable the study of small, near-term quantum algorithms, as well as research in quantum error correction, a technology that will be an integral component for fault tolerance in the future. This talk introduces Google’s quantum computing effort from both hardware and quantum-information perspectives, including an overview of some technological developments and results.