4 days ago · Today, we’re announcing rapid advancements on the path to useful quantum computing: Majorana 1: the world’s first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) ... But quantum computing at this scale could lead to innovations like self-healing materials that repair cracks in bridges, sustainable agriculture, and safer chemical discovery. ...

5 days ago · 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, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.. It leverages the world’s first topoconductor, a breakthrough type of material which can observe and control Majorana particles to produce more ...

18 hours ago · The Majorana 1 chip underscores the fundamental differences between classical and quantum computing. Classical computers process information sequentially, relying on binary bits that represent ...

3 days ago · The design of the Majorana 1 processor is supposed to fit up to a million qubits, which may be enough to realize many significant goals of quantum computing—such as cracking cryptographic codes ...

3 days ago · For topological quantum computing, Majorana particles—more specifically Majorana zero modes—are the tool of choice. Named for Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, who predicted them in 1937 ...

4 days ago · Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. John Brecher. Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has invented an entirely new kind of quantum computer. Its new quantum chip, Majorana 1, is a ...

4 days ago · Microsoft has unveiled its Majorana 1 quantum chip. Credit: John Brecher for Microsoft. Microsoft has announced that it has created the first ‘topological qubits’ — a way of storing quantum ...

4 days ago · Microsoft’s latest Majorana-based quantum computing research marks a significant milestone for the company. It represents more than a scientific and technological advance, though. Most companies facing the steep challenge of topological computing and suffering the setbacks that will naturally come with it, would have likely given up on the ...

4 days ago · Microsoft’s Majorana 1 is an ambitious piece of tech that brings a topological twist to quantum computing. Named after the Majorana fermion—an elusive quasiparticle theorized by Ettore Majorana back in 1937—the chip uses topological qubits. These are a far cry from the superconducting qubits or trapped-ion qubits commonly used by Google ...

Mar 14, 2022 · Building on two decades of scientific research and recent investments in simulation and fabrication, the Azure Quantum team has engineered devices that allow them to induce a topological phase of matter bookended by a pair of Majorana zero modes.