Google developers are confident they can develop a commercial-grade quantum computer by 2029. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the plan during today's I/O stream, and in a blog post, quantum AI lead engineer Erik Lucero further blueprint the company's goal to "develop a useful, error-corrected quantum computer" within the decade.
Executives also exposed Google's new campus in Santa Barbara, California, which is dedicated to quantum AI. The campus has Google's first quantum data center, hardware research laboratories, and the company's very own quantum processor chip fabrication facilities.
The main benefits of quantum computing appear in terms of processing power, scale and accuracy, allowing researchers to run complex computations incredibly rapidly. Experts envision quantum computing will help drive breakthroughs in a number of industries, including healthcare, economics, encryption, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and energy.
"As we look 10 years into the future, many of the greatest global challenges, from climate change to handling the next crisis, demand a new kind of computing," Lucero said. "To develop better batteries (to lighten the load on the power grid), or to build a fertilizer to feed the world without growing 2 percent of global carbon emissions (as nitrogen fixation does today), or to develop more targeted medicines (to stop the next pandemic before it starts), we need to understand and design molecules better. That means simulating nature accurately. But you can’t simulate molecules very well using classical computers."
Google isn't alone in the race for quantum computing: IBM is installing its first commercial quantum computer at the Cleveland Clinic this year, as part of a decade-long partnership to drive discoveries in the medical and pharmaceutical industries.
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