Microsoft’s Majorana 1: world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits
Quantum computing is an emergent field of cutting-edge computer science harnessing the unique qualities of quantum mechanics to solve problems beyond the ability of even the most powerful classical computers. A quantum computer is a computer that exploits these quantum mechanical phenomena to compute much faster and efficiently than modern computers. At the World Governments Summit in Dubai last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that quantum computers are what AI was for us 10 years ago. It’s the future and the next big leap in technology everyone is waiting for. On February 19 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 rel...
