Quantum Supremacy Milestone Harnesses ORNL Summit Supercomputer (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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A joint research team from Google Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated that a quantum computer can outperform a classical computer at certain tasks, a feat known as quantum supremacy.

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Jenny Woodbery/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy; Photo of the Sycamore quantum processor by Erik Lucero/Google

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