Microsoft, quantum computing

Physicists Question Microsoft’s Quantum Claim
The company said it created a “new state of matter” that represents a major advance for quantum computing. But physicists who have reviewed the work say they aren’t convinced of the finding.
Quantum Computing Has a New Player: Microsoft’s Majorana 1
What properties does it need to have?’” said Microsoft technical fellow Chetan Nayak in a statement. “And that’s really how we got here—it’s the particular combination, the quality and the important details in our new materials stack that have enabled a new kind of qubit and ultimately our entire architecture.
Microsoft's new chip could make quantum computers useful soon
Majorana 1, a Microsoft chip for quantum computers with unique properties. When it comes to quantum computing, experts project real-world utility decades into the future. However,
Microsoft: New Chip Means Quantum Computing Is 'Years, Not Decades' Away
The breakthrough with Majorana 1 comes after a nearly 20-year quest to harness a new state of matter, which Microsoft says it has now done with its 'topological superconductors.'
Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip
At the core of a quantum computer are qubits, a unit of information in quantum computing much like the binary bits that computers use today. Companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Goo
Microsoft says it has created a new state of matter to power quantum computers
With the development, Microsoft is raising the stakes in what is set to be the next big technological contest.
Microsoft Says It's Made a Major Quantum Computing Breakthrough With New Chip
Its Majorana 1 chip, made of a new material, can perform high-level computing tasks with greater speed and accuracy, Microsoft says.
Microsoft Claims Quantum-Computing Breakthrough—but Some Physicists Are Skeptical
With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies
Quantum computing breakthrough? Microsoft says its new Majorana 1 chip shows we’re closer than ever
The tech giant joins Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than ...
Microsoft's wacky Majorana 1 chip, powered by an 'entirely new state of matter', could have industrial quantum computing here 'in years, not decades'
At least, that's usually my reading of anything quantum computing related, and that seems to be the general gist of Microsoft ...