Microsoft Majorana 1 Is A Superposition Of Marketing Stunt And A Major Science Breakthrough

Microsoft announced it’s first proof-of-concept quantum processor with 8 qubits using a fascinating set of solutions. It’s team is confident they can accelerate faster than other in the business to reach 1 million qubits

Microsoft just announced Microsoft Majorana 1 and described it as first quantum processor powered by topological qubits.

What is it, and is it really a breakthrough? Let’s find out.

The release note is quite vague. For example it says Microsoft Majorana 1 is “designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip”. I understand it means currently Microsoft Majorana 1 doesn’t have million qubits on a single chip. So how much does it have?

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Later in the release we read that Microsoft believes it is able to do some stuff regarding quantum computers. Later we learn they have a roadmap from one qubit to an array with error correction.