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qc-005Established result

Below-threshold surface-code memory performance has been experimentally reported, but it is not yet a demonstration of general-purpose fault-tolerant quantum computing.

The reported experiments show logical-memory error suppression as code distance grows under defined conditions; scalable logical computation remains further work.

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This claim describes a particular experimental result and must not be generalized to all platforms or complete algorithms.

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primary paper · verified

Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold

Google Quantum AI and collaborators · 2025

Experimental report of below-threshold surface-code memories; it does not demonstrate a general-purpose fault-tolerant computer.

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