谷歌报告量子计算突破

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• 译文

  谷歌宣布了量子计算领域的一项新里程碑，这可能为未来在药物发现和材料科学中的应用铺平道路。

  使用其名为“Willow”的最新量子芯片，该公司开发了一种性能超越传统计算机的新型算法。这项突破由谷歌的量子人工智能团队实现，并于周三在《自然》杂志上以经过同行评审的文章形式发表。

  谷歌工程副总裁哈特穆特·内文在一篇博客文章中表示，量子计算机的实际应用可能还需要五年时间。然而，谷歌首席执行官桑达尔·皮查伊表示，这项被该公司称为“量子回声”的算法突破，是意义重大的一步。

  据谷歌称，Willow芯片运行该算法的速度比在世界上最快的超级计算机上运行的最佳经典算法快13,000倍。而且，理论上它也可以在另一台量子计算机上复制。“我们的Willow芯片实现了有史以来第一个可验证的量子优势，”皮查伊在X上发文表示，并称这一突破是迈向首个实际应用的量子计算的重要一步。

  皮查伊说，这种新算法可以利用核磁共振解释分子中原子间的相互作用，可能为未来在药物发现和材料科学中的应用铺平道路。

  这不是谷歌第一次宣称实现量子优势，但研究人员表示，这项新成就树立了一个关键里程碑，因为其结果是可重复且可独立验证的。“这种可重复的、超越经典计算的能力，是可扩展验证的基础，使量子计算机更接近成为实际应用的工具，”谷歌在其官方博客中表示。

• 英文原文：
  Google has announced a new milestone in quantum computing that could pave the way for future uses in drug discovery and materials science.

  Using its latest quantum chip, called Willow, the company has developed a novel algorithm that outperforms conventional computers. The breakthrough was published in a peer-reviewed article in Nature on Wednesday and was achieved by Google's quantum Artificial Intelligence team.

  Hartmut Neven, a vice-president of engineering at Google, said in a blogpost that real-world use of quantum computers could still be five years away. However, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the breakthrough with the algorithm, which the U.S. tech company has called "quantum echoes," is a significant step.

  According to Google, the Willow chip ran the algorithm 13,000 times faster than the best classical algorithm on one of the world's fastest supercomputers. It could also, in theory, be replicated on another quantum computer. "Our Willow chip has achieved the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage," Pichai said in a post on X, calling the breakthrough a significant step toward the first real-world application of quantum computing.

  The new algorithm can explain interactions between atoms in a molecule using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Pichai said, potentially paving the way for future uses in drug discovery and materials science.

  This is not Google's first claim of quantum advantage, but researchers say the new achievement sets a critical milestone because the results are repeatable and independently verifiable. "This repeatable, beyond-classical computation is the basis for scalable verification, bringing quantum computers closer to becoming tools for practical applications," Google said in an official blogpost.

• 英文原文：https://english.news.cn/20251024/1ea78e8a986b4b2ea6c30a400daaaed2/c.html