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.

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, ...

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

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 ...

Today, quantum computing may represent a similar opportunity. Like AI, quantum computing could be a game changer. Quantum ...

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.

Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. (Image: Microsoft) · John Brecher Microsoft's advancement comes a little more than two months after Google (GOOG, GOOGL) announced its own quantum ...

Microsoft is claiming to have created a topological qubit—something engineers have been trying to achieve for years. If it’s true, their new Majorana 1 chip could make quantum computing a ...

Microsoft has introduced Majorana 1, a chip for quantum computing, which it said will enable computers to solve incredibly difficult industrial-scale problems in mere years instead of the decades ...

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 ...

Amazon revealed a prototype quantum computing processor it developed, called Ocelot, which the company says will help reduce ...