Amazon has unveiled Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip. Using a scalable architecture, this chip helps reduce error correction by up to 90% and accelerates the development of quantum computing applications.
This is a major step in the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers that can exceed the capabilities of today's standard computers. While current computers use digital values from 0-9, quantum computers use tiny particles like protons or electrons to form quantum bits and solve more complex calculations faster.
Ocelot was developed by the Amazon Web Services Team for Quantum Computing at the California Institute of Technology. Its release follows quantum chip announcements by other cloud computing companies such as Microsoft and Google, which released Majorana and Willow chips.
"According to new advancements in quantum research, it is no longer a question of whether fault-tolerant quantum computers are possible, but when they will be available for real-world applications. Ocelot is an important step in this direction," said Oskar Painter, AWS Director of Quantum Hardware.
"In the future, quantum chips based on the Ocelot architecture could be cheaper—up to 1/5 of the current cost—because of the lower need for error correction. We believe this will accelerate the development of practical quantum computers by up to five years."
