Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum chip unveiled: 5 Things to know about this computing breakthrough
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum chip unveiled: 5 Things to know about this computing breakthrough

Live Mint  

Microsoft has made a significant leap in quantum computing with the introduction of Majorana 1, a revolutionary quantum chip powered by a new topological core. The World’s First Topological Quantum Processor According to Microsoft, the Majorana 1 processor is the first quantum chip based on a topological core. Potential to Solve Unsolvable Problems Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionise industries by solving problems that are impossible for today’s computers. With this breakthrough, Microsoft aims to bring utility-scale quantum computing to the world in years, not decades.

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Controversy erupts over claims Microsoft invented a new state of matter
1 week, 6 days ago

Controversy erupts over claims Microsoft invented a new state of matter

Salon  

The matter making up the world around us has long-since been organized into three neat categories: solids, liquids and gases. In late February, Sen. Ted Cruz presented Microsoft’s new computer chip at a congressional hearing, saying, “Technologies like this new chip I hold in the palm of my hand, the Majorana 1 quantum chip, are unlocking a new era of …

What Microsoft's quantum computing breakthrough means for the world
4 weeks ago

What Microsoft's quantum computing breakthrough means for the world

Live Mint  

Microsoft Corp. has announced a significant breakthrough in quantum computing with its new Majorana 1 chip. While quantum computing has made big progress in recent years, thanks to investments by tech majors such as IBM, Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft, they have also been struggling with stability issues and error rates. Quantum effects The news, in turn, could impact many industries …

Majorana 1: A quantum phenomenon
1 month, 1 week ago

Majorana 1: A quantum phenomenon

The Hindu  

In a head-turning announcement earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled a new quantum chip called Majorana 1. Microsoft has said its new chip uses Majorana particles, elusive subatomic entities supposed to appear in materials called topological superconductors. Many previous attempts, including some Microsoft’s press release also claimed that a paper simultaneously published in Nature provided “peer-reviewed confirmation” that its team had …

Microsoft’s New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing
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1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft’s New Majorana 1 Processor Could Transform Quantum Computing

Wired  

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first “topological qubits” in a device that stores information in an exotic state of matter, in what may be a significant breakthrough for quantum computing. The design of the Majorana 1 processor is supposed to fit up to a …

Microsoft Majorana 1: What is it, how it works, what it means for you, and everything else explained
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft Majorana 1: What is it, how it works, what it means for you, and everything else explained

India Today  

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. Microsoft says a quantum computer with a million qubits would be far more powerful than all the world’s current computers put together. As Microsoft and other tech companies break down the problems and limitations …

Microsoft makes quantum breakthrough by creating new state of matter
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft makes quantum breakthrough by creating new state of matter

Daily Mail  

Microsoft has announced a breakthrough that could lead to the most powerful quantum computers of all time. This topological state is created by the chip's topoconductor, a first-of-its-kind material that produces fundamental units of information that serve as the building blocks for quantum computers. They say it could lead to the most powerful quantum computers of all time The Majorana …

What is Majorana 1? Top 5 things to know about Microsoft's quantum computing chip
1 month, 1 week ago

What is Majorana 1? Top 5 things to know about Microsoft's quantum computing chip

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft released Majorana 1, the world's first quantum chip built on a topological core on Wednesday, February 19, with CEO Satya Nadella calling it an “entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, top conductors, that enable a fundamental leap in computing". Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum computing chip is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained …

Elon Musk, Satya Nadella's X exchange on Microsoft's ‘breakthrough chip’: 'Exciting, right?'
1 month, 1 week ago

Elon Musk, Satya Nadella's X exchange on Microsoft's ‘breakthrough chip’: 'Exciting, right?'

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday announced that his firm has created an “entirely new state of matter” with the launch of Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture. Elon Musk and Satya Nadella exchanged comments on Microsoft's 'entirely new state of matter'. The world's richest man Elon Musk responded to Satya Nadella's …

Microsoft Majorana 1’s state of matter approach to quantum computing
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft Majorana 1’s state of matter approach to quantum computing

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft has developed a new quantum computing chip, Majorana 1, that can potentially fit a million qubits. Microsoft’s leap in quantum computing chips closely follows Google’s Willow chip, IBM’s Quantum Heron now leveraging the Qiskit quantum software, as well as the Zuchongzhi 3.0, developed by Chinese scientists late last year “After a nearly 20-year pursuit, we’ve created an entirely new …

Microsoft unveils new chip that could make quantum computing go mainstream in just few years
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft unveils new chip that could make quantum computing go mainstream in just few years

Firstpost  

At the core of Microsoft’s breakthrough is the world’s first “topoconductor,” a new material that isn’t a solid, liquid, or gas. This unique property allows for the creation of quantum systems that are more stable and scalable than current fragile designs Unlike companies such as Google, which have focused on existing quantum computing methods, Microsoft has taken a slower but …

Microsoft Unveils Quantum Computing Chip for Future Data Centers
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft Unveils Quantum Computing Chip for Future Data Centers

Deccan Chronicle  

Microsoft announced its first quantum computing chip, a major step in the company’s effort to produce devices that might someday solve problems beyond the reach of modern computers. The company says its Majorana 1 chip harnesses 8 qubits, the building blocks of quantum computing, on a sticky-note-sized piece of hardware it figures could eventually host 1 million of them. Microsoft’s …

Science for All | Microsoft’s ‘new state of matter’ for quantum computing
1 month, 1 week ago

Science for All | Microsoft’s ‘new state of matter’ for quantum computing

The Hindu  

Microsoft announced a sensational new quantum-computing chip called Majorana 1 based on what it said was an “entirely new state of matter”: a topological superconductor. According to a long statement from Microsoft on February 19 night, the Majorana 1 chip has eight qubits made of these materials to perform quantum computing operations. But the press release said: “The Nature paper …

Quantum computing to transform healthcare
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Quantum computing to transform healthcare

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: In just about a year, quantum computing has gained a lot of traction and it is today one of the most talked-about technologies that companies are keen to explore. On Wednesday, Microsoft launched its first quantum computing chip- Majorana 1, the first quantum processing unit built on a topological core. The particles are called qubits, or quantum bits, analogous …

Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip could make a quantum computer more powerful than all current computers combined
1 month, 1 week ago

Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip could make a quantum computer more powerful than all current computers combined

India Today  

Microsoft has made a breakthrough in the world of quantum computing with the launch of its quantum processor called Majorana 1. Microsoft Majorana 1 uses the world’s first topoconductor, which the company says will help “realise quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.” In January, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said that quantum computers will …

Explained | What is Microsoft’s planned ‘quantum supercomputer’?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | What is Microsoft’s planned ‘quantum supercomputer’?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a paper published on June 21, researchers at Microsoft announced that they had figured out a way to create an elusive kind of particle that could potentially revolutionise quantum computing. The claim pertains to particles called Majorana zero modes, whose unique properties could help build quantum computers that are much less fragile than they are …

The Future of Quantum Computing Could Depend on This Tricky Qubit
10 years, 10 months ago

The Future of Quantum Computing Could Depend on This Tricky Qubit

Wired  

Peering into his cabinet of curiosities on a recent spring day, Bob Willett, a scientist at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., nimbly plucked a tiny black crystal from the shelves and slid it under a microscope. When the crystal is magnetized and cooled to a fraction of a degree, the electrons unite, forming a peculiar quantum state that could …

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