Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

Microsoft has designed a digital switch that couples the ends of the nanowire to a quantum dot, which can store an electrical charge. The increase in the dot’s charge depends on the parity of ...

Innovation is pouring out of the big technology companies. From hand-controlled augmented reality glasses at Meta Platforms, self-driving car commercialization at Alphabet, and robot-controlled ...

Pasqal, a French quantum computing startup, has integrated its neutral-atom quantum processors into Microsoft's Azure Quantum ...

Last month, Microsoft announced an advance that could be an important step forward in the long road to building a quantum computer—if true. That progress has followed the projection of ...

Microsoft’s new “Majorana 1” processor is the first quantum chip powered by a topological core based on a new class of materials. (Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft) With recent ...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made headlines when it recently announced its Majorana 1 quantum computing chip, which utilizes a new state of matter to perform quantum computing tasks. This is a big ...

Microsoft's claims about a potential breakthrough in quantum computing and the creation of a new state of matter have created backlash from physicists who question the claim's veracity.

Microsoft released a new quantum computing chip with stable properties. The technology has promise but is still many years away from commercialization. Microsoft stock looks like a buy if you are ...

Without getting into the science weeds, here is a brief explanation of Microsoft's Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. Traditional methods of building quantum computers made the systems extremely ...