Quantum computing 101: We're not in Kansas anymore. Confidence in whatever intelligence I possess has been sent reeling by news of Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum chip.

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Interestingly, Microsoft is already working with the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

Microsoft today introduced Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture that it expects will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, ...

A ‘topoconductor’ is a brand-new type of material that Microsoft created. It helps keep the quantum information safe from ...

It announced its Majorana 1 quantum chip on Feb. 19, and this announcement positions Microsoft well in the quantum computing race. Microsoft's breakthrough pushes it closer to winning the arms race ...

In theory, a quantum computer made using Majorana particles can be completely free of the qubit errors that plague other designs. This is why Microsoft has chosen such a seemingly laborious approach.

While traditional computers operate on bits that can be in only one of ... Microsoft made some noise on this front earlier this year with its Majorana 1 quantum chip, which uses exotic particles to ...

Scanning-tunnelling microscope with a superconducting tip could help uncover materials for next-generation quantum computers ...

Researchers from the USA and India have proposed that Floquet Majorana fermions may improve quantum computing by controlling superconducting currents, potentially reducing errors and increasing sta… ...