Microsoft Unveils 1,000 Times More Reliable Quantum Chip

Microsoft has unveiled Majorana 2, a next-generation quantum chip that it says is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor, helping bring forward its target for a scalable quantum computer from 2033 to 2029.

What Is It?

Majorana 2 is Microsoft's latest topological quantum chip, a processor designed to overcome one of the biggest obstacles in quantum computing, which is keeping quantum bits, or qubits, stable long enough to perform useful calculations.