Microsoft introduces Majorana 1, a groundbreaking quantum chip with a new topological core, enabling more stable and efficient quantum computing. This development could lead to one million qubits ...

Gather 'round readers, for it is a tale as old as time. Or at least as old as 2018, when Microsoft first made headlines relating to the Majorana particle and its application in quantum computing.

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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 ...

The topological state of matter has been theorized for decades, and Microsoft claims its new Majorana 1 chip harnesses it. The chip was announced to the public on Feb. 19. It marks a step closer to ...

When Microsoft announced its first quantum chip in February, ... Google's new Willow chip has 105 qubits. Microsoft's Majorana chip has eight. IBM's Starling plans to have 200 qubits.

Microsoft's chip, Majorana, has eight qubits, but the company says it has a goal of least 1 million qubits for a commercially useful chip.

Microsoft started 2025 with the introduction of its Majorana quantum chip, nearly eight years after its quantum language breakthrough. The computing giant's chip advancement kicked off a fiery ...

Among the businesses racing to capture a piece of this market is pure-play quantum company Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI) and tech goliath Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).

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