Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, its first chip for quantum computing, on Wednesday.
This accomplishment follows over two decades of research in the field by the company. Scientists predict that one day, quantum computers will be able to effectively tackle issues that would be difficult, if not impossible, for traditional computers.
While quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can function in both states simultaneously, modern computers use bits that can only be turned on or off.
Along with smaller businesses IonQ and Rigetti Computing, Google and IBM have also built quantum processors.
Microsoft’s quantum device uses eight topological qubits made of the semiconductor indium arsenide and the superconductor aluminium. The chip is described in depth in a new publication published in the journal Nature.
Source (CNBC)
