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Amazon has announced the availability of 2,000 new full and part-time jobs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, starting at $20.75 per hour.

Amazon's new "Ocelot" processor is a first-generation quantum chip developed by the AWS Center for Quantum Computing in Pasadena, California. (AWS Photo)

Following Google and Microsoft’s quantum computing announcements, the tech giant says its new chip will lead to more reliable quantum computers.

More than 1,000 new jobs are coming to the Stockton area. Amazon has two new facilities in San Joaquin County and are hiring people to fill them. "This is going to create more career opportunities, great benefits, great pay and new jobs for Stockton," Natalie Banke, an Amazon spokesperson in California said.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday announced Ocelot, a new quantum computing chip that can reduce the costs of implementing quantum error correction by up to 90 percent, compared to current approaches.

Amazon revealed its first chip for quantum computing, and said its design will help the online retailer build highly efficient hardware systems.