Engineering Director,Google AI Quantum Team
谷歌人工智能量子团队工程总监
2019年10月23日
Quantum computing:It sounds futuristic because until recently,it was.But today we're marking a major milestone in quantum computing research that opens up new possibilities for this technology.
量子计算:这听起来很未来主义，因为直到最近，它还是。但是今天，我们正在标志着量子计算研究的一个重要里程碑，它为这项技术开辟了新的可能性。
Unlike classical computing,which runs everything from your cell phone to a supercomputer,quantum computing is based on the properties of quantum mechanics.As a result,quantum computers could potentially solve problems that would be too difficult or even impossible for classical computers—like designing better batteries,figuring out what molecules might make effective medicines or minimizing emissions from the creation of fertilizer.They could also help improve existing advanced technologies like machine learning.
不像经典的计算机，从手机到超级计算机，无所不包，量子计算是基于量子力学的性质。因此，量子计算机有可能解决那些对于传统计算机来说太难甚至不可能解决的问题，比如设计更好的电池，弄清楚什么分子可以制造有效的药物，或者减少化肥生产过程中的排放。他们还可以帮助改进现有的先进技术，如机器学习。
Today,the scientific journal Nature has published the results of Google's efforts to build a quantum computer that can perform a task no classical computer can;this is known in the field as"quantum supremacy."In practical terms,our chip,which we call Sycamore,performed a computation in 200 seconds that would take the world's fastest supercomputer 10,000 years.
今天，科学杂志《自然》(Nature)发表了谷歌(Google)建造量子计算机的成果，这种计算机可以完成传统计算机无法完成的任务，在该领域被称为"量子优势"(quantum supremacy)实际上，我们的芯片，我们称之为 Sycamore，在200秒内完成计算，这将花费世界上最快的超级计算机10000年的时间。
相关：它在这里:D-Wave 宣布2048量子位量子计算系统，理论上能够打破所有经典加密，包括军事级别
来源：https://www.blog.google/technology/ai/computing-takes-quantum-leap-forward/
