A groundbreaking new chip brings quantum computing within touching distance, according to its manufacturer Microsoft, potentially heralding a new era of tech-powered problem solving for some of the world’s most pressing ills.
At the heart of Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip is the world’s first ‘topoconductor’, capable of creating a new state of matter which is not a solid, liquid or gas.
The company likens its breakthrough to the invention of semiconductors, which shrank massive computing power into tiny packages, making modern smartphones possible.
