CNBC February 27, 2025
Key Points
– Amazon revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said its design will help the online retailer build highly efficient hardware systems.
– The company is showing off Ocelot a week after Microsoft announced its inaugural quantum chip
– Amazon would like to eventually rent out access to quantum chips to third parties through its cloud division.
Amazon on Thursday revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said the design is a step toward building efficient high-scale systems.
The processor is called Ocelot, and the announcement comes as more tech companies tout their advancements in quantum. Last week, Amazon cloud rival Microsoft showed off its inaugural quantum chip. Microsoft had a paper in the journal Nature...