Ep 4: Google's Self-Calibrating Willow Chip Hits a New Error Record

Quickly Quantum · Jul 9, 2026 · 18m · transcript

Google Quantum AI's Nature paper on a self-calibrating Willow chip headlines today's episode, alongside foundry-scaled silicon qubits, mechanical quantum memory, a small D-Wave grant with big strategic implications, a theory breakthrough on fault-tolerance overhead, an ion-trap deal in Korea, and a US-EU policy roundup.

Linked sources: Google Quantum AI: Reinforcement Learning Sets New Logical-Qubit Error Record on Willow — Quantum Zeitgeist / Nature

Diraq Demonstrates Scaled Foundry-Fabricated Silicon-Based Qubit Array Made at imec — The Quantum Insider

ETH Zurich Demonstrates Quantum…