Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a prototype quantum computing chip that is the first in the world to be fitted with error-resistant "cat qubits" — basic units of quantum computing information inspired by the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.
The quantum processing unit (QPU), named "Ocelot," includes five data qubits, or cat qubits, to store information; five buffer circuits made from the superconductor tantalum to stabilize the cat qubits; and four additional qubits to detect errors that occur during data processing.
