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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, entering the competitive race against other tech giants like Google and Microsoft. The chip, developed by the AWS Center for Quantum Computing at the California Institute of Technology, represents the first generation of hardware that implements superior error correction. Amazon says it is a proof-of-principle demonstration—a step on the path to creating a larger machine that can deliver on the industry’s promised killer applications, such as fast and accurate simulations of new battery materials.

This new processor, dubbed Ocelot, aims to reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90% compared to current methods. It consists of nine qubits, five of which are "cat qubits" used to store information, and four transmons which monitor the information in the cat qubits. AWS researchers used Ocelot to encode a single error-corrected bit of information in its nine qubits, showing promise in overcoming the barrier that has made scaling up the technology difficult. Oskar Painter, the head of quantum hardware at AWS, said the design strategy requires only a 10th as many qubits per bit of information.


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• SiliconANGLE: Amazon Web Services Inc. today unveiled its first quantum computing chip and said it represents the first generation of hardware that implements superior error correction, a barrier that has made scaling up the technology difficult.
• www.technologyreview.com: Amazon Web Services today announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip. While the chip has only rudimentary computing capability, the company says it is a proof-of-principle demonstration—a step on the path to creating a larger machine that can deliver on the industry’s promised killer applications, such as fast and accurate simulations of new battery materials.…
• ChinaTechNews.com: Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip, as it enters the race against fellow tech giants in harnessing the experimental technology.
• Dataconomy: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a new quantum computing chip named Ocelot, designed to improve quantum error correction efficiency. This innovation could reduce the costs of quantum error correction by up to 90% compared to existing methods, a key challenge in quantum computing.
• CXO Insight Middle East: Amazon Web Services takes a quantum leap with its latest computing chip
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• GeekWire: Amazon's new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing
• The Quantum Insider: Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, which the company labels a significant step toward building practical quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond the reach of conventional machines.
• Alex Jimenez: Amazon joins quantum race with 'cat-qubit' powered chip Amazon has become the third tech giant in as many months to announce a breakthrough in quantum computing - a technology that promises vast processing power but is beset by technical difficulties.
• www.techdigest.tv: Amazon has become the third tech giant in as many months to announce a breakthrough in quantum computing – a technology that promises vast processing power but is beset by technical difficulties.
• Alex Jimenez: Amazon has become the third tech giant in as many months to announce a breakthrough in quantum computing - a technology that promises vast processing power but is beset by technical difficulties.

Classification:

• HashTags: #QuantumComputing #AWS #Ocelot
• Company: Amazon
• Target: Quantum Computing Industry
• Product: Ocelot
• Feature: Quantum Computing
• Type: Research
• Severity: Informative