- Chinese researchers write in a paper on arXiv that their Zuchongzhi 3.0 quantum computer performed a computational task that would take the Frontier supercomputer over 6.4 billion years to complete.
- The Zuchongzhi 3.0 system features 105 qubits with high fidelities and achieved one million samples from an 83-qubit random circuit in mere seconds, surpassing prior benchmarks set by Google’s Sycamore processor.
- While Zuchongzhi demonstrates quantum advantage through scale and speed, comparisons with Google’s Willow processor emphasize diverging research focuses, with Willow advancing fault tolerance critical for practical quantum applications.
Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor
China Focus: Chinese scientists achieve breakthrough in integrated photonic quantum chips
This breakthrough opens a new pathway for the preparation and manipulation of large-scale quantum entangled states, which are critical for the development of quantum computing and quantum network technologies, Gong said.
Continuous-variable multipartite entanglement in an integrated microcomb
Chinese Team Officially Report on Zuchongzhi 3.0, Claims Million Times Speedup Over Google’s Sycamore
- A Chinese research team demonstrated that Zuchongzhi 3.0, a 105-qubit superconducting quantum processor, completed a computational task in seconds that would take the world’s most powerful supercomputer an estimated 6.4 billion years to replicate.
- The experiment used random circuit sampling, a benchmark designed to favor quantum processors, and demonstrated a computational gap six orders of magnitude greater than Google’s 67-qubit Sycamore experiment.
- While this result reinforces quantum advantage claims, the benchmark does not directly translate to practical applications, and improvements in classical algorithms may challenge its long-term significance.
Establishing a New Benchmark in Quantum Computational Advantage with 105-qubit Zuchongzhi 3.0 Processor