Tech companies in the United States are racing to scale quantum computer systems from lab prototypes to industrial machines.

Microsoft's Azure, in contrast, provides its users with access to hardware from several different quantum computing companies, each based on different technology. Some of them, like Rigetti and ...

If Microsoft’s claims pan out, the company may have leapfrogged competitors such as IBM and Google, who currently appear to be leading the race to build a quantum computer. However, the peer ...

Microsoft’s new Majorana 1 chip is built using a new type of matter that is not solid, liquid, or gas Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) just announced it made a quantum computing breakthrough.

Microsoft took one step closer to the finish line with the release of its Majorana 1 chip. This chip uses a different state of matter than the classic solid, gas, or liquid states -- a topological ...

Researchers have criticised Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum computer, saying the company has made claims about the way it works that aren't fully backed up by scientific evidence ...

A logo of Microsoft is displayed. (Dita Alangkara/AP) Microsoft has debuted an experimental new computer chip which it claims utilizes a new state of matter for quantum computing.

Since Microsoft’s Majorana 1 quantum computing news, some members of the scientific community have raised questions about the validity of the tech giant’s claims. Here’s why.

In its effort to achieve fault tolerant quantum computing, Microsoft on Thursday unveiled its new error-correcting code, which uses four-dimensional geometric codes to help reliably transmit ...

Microsoft, AWS and Google aren’t only doing work that can break today’s encryption: they’re also actively involved with work on the solution of post-quantum cryptography.

After weeks of criticism, Microsoft promised to show new data about its Majorana 1 quantum computer at the biggest meeting of the world's physicists. Researchers in the room tell New Scientist ...