{"id":1217044,"date":"2025-02-19T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1217044"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:25:00","slug":"microsoft-reveals-its-first-quantum-computing-chip-the-majorana-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1217044","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Reveals Its First Quantum Computing Chip, the Majorana 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
After two decades of quantum computing research, Microsoft has unveiled its first quantum chip: the Majorana 1. CNBC reports: Microsoft’s quantum chip employs eight topological qubits using indium arsenide, which is a semiconductor, and aluminum, which is a superconductor. A new paper in the journal Nature describes the chip in detail. Microsoft won’t be allowing clients to use its Majorana 1 chip through the company’s Azure public cloud, as it plans to do with its custom artificial intelligence chip, Maia 100. Instead, Majorana 1 is a step toward a goal of a million qubits on a chip, following extensive physics research.<\/p>\n

Rather than rely on Taiwan Semiconductor or another company for fabrication, Microsoft is manufacturing the components of Majorana 1 itself in the U.S. That’s possible because the work is unfolding at a small scale. “We want to get to a few hundred qubits before we start talking about commercial reliability,” Jason Zander, a Microsoft executive vice president, told CNBC. In the meantime, the company will engage with national laboratories and universities on research using Majorana 1.<\/p>\n

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