I totally underestimated Google’s ability to drive meaningful innovations in the compute realm. Here is their progress.

Google said that a math equation that would take a classical supercomputer longer than the whole history of the universe to solve takes only five minutes using a quantum computer powered by its new Willow chip.

Shares of Google parent Alphabet rose about 5% on Tuesday after it unveiled a new generation chip that the company said helped overcome a key challenge in quantum computing.