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.

Amazon debuted its new "Ocelot" chip, joining other tech giants like Google and Microsoft in the race to develop full-fledged quantum computers.

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.

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

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.”

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

Amazon unveiled its first quantum computing chip, Ocelot, marking a step toward scalable quantum systems. The announcement follows Microsoft's quantum chip reveal last week. Amazon claims Ocelot could require just one-tenth the resources of conventional approaches to achieve practical quantum computing.

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.