Amazon enters the quantum race with Ocelot, aiming to rival Google and Microsoft. The prototype chip could advance error correction and bring practical quantum computing closer.

Dubbed Ocelot, it’s designed to correct errors with less hardware overhead.

Amazon Web Services has unveiled Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, which aims to tackle one of the biggest barriers in the field: error correction.

Amazon is making its foray into quantum computing with the launch of a new chip designed to make quantum error correction more efficient. In an announcement on Thursday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the chip, called Ocelot, can “reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90%, compared to current approaches.”

Amazon unveiled its first-ever quantum computing chip on Thursday following similar announcements from Microsoft and Google.

AWS has launchd Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip, bringing it into line with its big cloud rivals Microsoft and Google.

Amazon says its Ocelot chip will cut error correction overhead by 90% and bring practical quantum computing closer to fruition, but some experts are skeptical

The race to develop practical quantum computers is heating up with big reveals every week, and now it’s Amazon’s (AMZN) turn as it unveiled its

Following the release of Microsoft's latest quantum computing chip last week, Amazon has unveiled its first one today, after four years in the making.