Microsoft shocked the tech world by announcing its Majorana 1 quantum chip on Feb. 19, marking a transformative leap of innovation in the rapidly evolving field. Quantum computers are intended to solve highly complex calculations in areas such as machine learning,

Microsoft said they created a computer chip that uses a new state of matter that will be capable of running the most powerful computers ever — a potential breakthrough for quantum computing that many believed was decades away.

Microsoft has introduced Majorana 1, a quantum chip with a "Topological Core" architecture, potentially enabling powerful quantum computers within years instead of decades. The breakthrough stems from a newly developed material called a topoconductor,

There isn't yet a roadmap to show Microsoft can scale its chip to the million topological qubits required to make a working quantum computer.

Microsoft's Majorana 1 is the first quantum processing unit using topological qubits “designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip”

Microsoft has made progress with topological qubits, but they’re still far from a full-scale quantum computer.

The processor uses qubits that can be measured without error and are resistant to outside interference, which the company says marks a “transformative leap toward practical quantum computing.”

Discover how Microsoft’s quantum computing breakthroughs are transforming industries with the Majorana 1 chip and topological qubits.

In a surprising and unpredictable development, Microsoft (MSFT) has unveiled its first quantum computing chip, Majorana 1. This chip, featuring