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New Google computer chip is unfathomably fast

Google has created one of the fastest computer chips on the planet.

The company says this new Willow chip is a major breakthrough for quantum computing.

In five minutes, it can do a calculation that would take the world’s fastest super computer nearly 10 septillion years.

That number exceeds the age of the entire universe.

Google hopes this will lead to helpful applications to tackle some of society’s largest problems.

  • Jacob Moore is a reporter for Acadia Broadcasting based in Halifax. He’s worked at both CBC and CTV, as well as the student newspaper at St. Thomas University. Send him any story tips at mooreja@radioabl.ca.

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