Alphabet (Google) soars in the stock market after the advance in quantum computing thanks to its ‘Willow’ chip

MADRID Dec. 10 () –

The shares of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, have soared up to 6.3% this Tuesday, after reporting an advance in computing thanks to its ‘Willow’ quantum chip that allows calculations to be solved in five minutes that a traditional supercomputer can do. It would take 10 septillion years, that is, more than the current age of the universe.

In this way, despite surpassing the 6% barrier this day, the price of Alphabet’s A shares on the Nasdaq has cooled slightly and rose 5.16% around 7:30 p.m. Spanish peninsular time, to 184 .42 dollars (175.32 euros).

The American multinational has not communicated any practical application for this discovery, but it has served to relaunch the shares to levels not seen since July and that contrast with the lows of September.

The basic components of quantum computers are called ‘qubits, and although they are fast, they are prone to errors. This has until now hindered the reliability and commercial viability of this type of device, especially because the greater the number of ‘qubits’, the greater the possibility of failures.

However, Alphabet has indicated that it had found a way to chain ‘qubits’ in ‘Willow’ so that error rates decrease as the number of ‘qubits’ increases. In addition, errors have been corrected in real time.