Google captivated the tech world Monday with Willow, a new quantum chip that outperformed even the world’s best supercomputer on an advanced test, and experts say this week’s revelations are just the start of a new phase in cutting-edge computing.

The new structure allows qubits to interact more efficiently, helping to run more advanced quantum calculations.

Julian Kelly, director of Quantum Hardware at Google, announced Willow, the company's latest quantum chip. Willow has state-of-the-art performance across a number of metrics, enabling two major achievements.