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Living definition

What is Google Willow?

Quantum Computing Frontier Hardware & Quantum

As of
2026-07-23
Revision
2026-07-25.0
Method
v1.3.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

Google Willow is a superconducting quantum computing chip developed by Google that implements quantum error correction across grids of physical qubits, arranged so that increasing the number of qubits used to encode each logical qubit reduces the overall error rate rather than adding more noise.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-07-23, verified readiness is 44 (claimed 48, reported 48, gap 4) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Track; not yet.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Google Willow.

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)

Dataset
2026-07-25.0
Hash
sha256:a11c1791b16a17cb71908f5839e4adce20feb5614a6564d4910b1665c0b073c7
Approved
2026-07-24

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