Google on commercial applications of quantum computing: “We’re optimistic that within five years…”

Google plans to roll out commercial quantum computing applications within the next five years, reported Reuters. Hartmut Neven, founder and head of Google Quantum AI, said in a statement, “We’re optimistic that within five years we’ll see real-world applications that are possible only on quantum computers.”

Google has been developing its quantum program since 2012 and has designed multiple quantum chips. By utilizing quantum processors, Google claims it solved a computing problem in minutes that would have taken a classical computer longer than the history of the universe.