Google Claims To Achieve Quantum Supremacy -- IBM Pushes Back

Google's processor, Sycamore, performed a truly random-number generation in 200 seconds. The achievement marks a major breakthrough in the decadeslong quest to use quantum mechanics to solve computational problems. Google's processor, Sycamore, performed a truly random-number generation in 200 seconds. The achievement marks a major breakthrough in the decadeslong quest to use quantum mechanics to solve computational problems. Google says it has built a computer that is capable of solving problems that classical computers practically cannot.