Microsoft makes quantum breakthrough by creating new state of matter

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 1 chip uses a first-of-its-kind material that isn't a solid, liquid or gas to produce fundamental units of information that serve as the building blocks for quantum computers Quantum computers powered by Majorana 1 would be significantly more powerful than today's most sophisticated supercomputers, Microsoft claimed in a Wednesday announcement. Quantum computers could easily solve problems that would take today's most powerful supercomputers thousands of years to address. Majorana 1 offers a path to developing quantum systems that can scale to a million qubits, which would be far more powerful than even the world's fastest supercomputer: El Capitan At that scale, quantum computing could easily solve problems that would take today's most powerful supercomputers thousands of years to address 'Whatever you're doing in the quantum space needs to have a path to a million qubits,' said Microsoft technical fellow Chetan Nayak.