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This research aims to demonstrate quantum error correction below the critical threshold to enable scalable logical qubits.

August 13, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Google AI Achieves Quantum Error Correction Below Threshold, Enabling Scalable Logical Qubits — E8 Intelligence Research

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ACAndrew Stewart Caldin

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This research aims to demonstrate quantum error correction below the critical threshold to enable scalable logical qubits.
Utilized Deltaflow, a full-stack QEC system with over 10^4 reliable quantum operations.
Calculated error rates per operation and logical fidelity based on surface code.
Analyzed topological lattice structure related to toric code and Kitaev's anyon model.
Achieved error rate per operation below threshold of approximately 0.57%.
Established logical fidelity follows a power law relationship based on code distance.
Set a target of 10^6 quantum operations for practical computation viability.

Abstract

FINDING: Quantum error correction (QEC) milestone — Google AI demonstrates error suppression below threshold, enabling scalable logical qubits. | MATH: Key threshold constant: error rate per operation \ (p 10⁴ reliable quantum operations (QuOps). | MATH: Logical fidelity \ (F = 1 - L \), with \ (L c (p/pₓ₇) ^d/2 \). Target: \ (10⁶ \) QuOps for useful computation. | CONNECTION: Error suppression follows power law in code distance — Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence. com

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Andrew Stewart Caldin (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d76502b0e0cff3f63f96d https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21883047

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