Quick tour of Google's Quantum Computer

[Greg Bernhardt]

TL;DR Summary

See what a quantum computer looks like and learn a little bit about it

I thought this was a fun and quick video of an engineer giving a tour of their quantum computer. Only about 30 seconds, but it looks well, quite beautiful! The engineer mentioned they achieved milestone 2 which has something to do with size. I also haven't heard of the field "Quantum Metrology" before!

Computing as we know it uses 1’s and 0’s to complete functions. Quantum computation, however, takes on richer states that go far beyond just a simple 1 or 0. In our latest discovery, our Quantum AI researchers hit a breakthrough that significantly shifts how we understand and operate quantum computing. Just ask Yu Chen, Lead Scientist in Quantum Metrology, who breaks down the bits and bobs of an enhanced quantum computer. At the link in bio, learn more about our recent milestone.

 

[f95toli]

Interesting video.
However, nothing shown is specifically a "quantum computer", is just a commercially available dilution fridge with a lot of microwave coax (it looks like a Bluefors fridge, although the distance between the baffles looks a bit unusual) .
The actual quantum processor is inside the shielded box that is briefly shown at one point, that is the bit that would be really interesting to see but of course they are not going to show that
The rest is just really the cooling system and the microwave components, none of that is developed by Google.