Microsoft’s new “Majorana 1” processor (pronounced my-or-ana) is the first quantum chip powered by a topological core based on a new class of materials. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft) Microsoft ...

Satya Nadella described Microsoft's new Majorana 1 chip as a "breakthrough" in the advancement of quantum computing.Ethan Miller Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled Majorana 1, a quantum chip the company ...

A possible new leap in quantum computing was announced this week when Microsoft’s Satya Nadella claimed he achieved a major breakthrough with its first chip, known as the Majorana 1 chip. The new leap ...

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Microsoft team behind the recent breakthrough in physics and quantum computing demonstrated by the new Majorana 1 chip, engineered from an entirely new material that has the potential to scale to ...

For years, predicting when quantum computing would become practical has been difficult, largely because of fundamental challenges that had no clear solutions. Those timelines may need to be advanced ...

Microsoft unveiled a new type of computing chip on Wednesday that will specifically help enable advancements in practical, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The chip, called Majorana 1, is the world’s ...

Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum processing unit, the first to be built on a topological core. Majorana 1 is named after previously-hypothesized Majorana particle, which Microsoft now believes it ...

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Light powers everything from communications to sensing, yet even tiny imperfections can scatter it and weaken signals. To address this, a team led by the University of Bath—working with the University ...