Amazon Web Services Unveils Ocelot Quantum Computing Chip

In a groundbreaking announcement on Thursday, Amazon Web Services, Inc. introduced the Ocelot, a new quantum computing chip that promises to revolutionize the field by significantly reducing the cost of quantum error correction.

The Ocelot chip incorporates "cat qubits," inspired by Schroedinger's Cat experiment, which naturally suppress certain types of errors. This innovative approach, combined with additional quantum error correction components, is designed on a microchip that can be produced at scale using techniques from the microelectronics industry.

"With the Ocelot architecture, we anticipate the cost of quantum chips to be as low as one-fifth of current methods, thanks to the significantly reduced resources needed for error correction. This advancement is expected to fast-track our journey towards a practical quantum computer by up to five years," stated Oskar Painter, AWS director of Quantum Hardware.