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Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real

The Quanta Podcast

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A New Frontier in Quantum Computing

Rival researchers have raced to create a time crystal in reality. In two thousand 19 gugel announced its sycamore quantum computer had completed a task that would take a conventional computer ten thousand years. For the demo, kachechi and his collaborators used a chip with 20 cubits to serve as the ime crystal. Perhaps the main advantage of the machine over its competitors is its ability to tune the strengths of interactions between its cubits.

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