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Majorana 1

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Microsoft has introduced Majorana 1, a groundbreaking quantum chip designed to bring industrial-scale quantum computing within reach in just a few years.

What is Majorana 1?

Majorana 1 is the world’s first quantum chip to incorporate Topological Core architecture, designed to harness topoconductors.
These are a new class of materials that can observe and control Majorana particles, exotic quantum particles that are expected to make quantum operations much more stable and less error-prone.
The chip's design marks a significant leap forward because it addresses one of the biggest challenges in quantum computing: error rates and the reliability of qubits.
By using this new technology, Microsoft hopes to scale quantum computers up to one million qubits—a necessary threshold for tackling real-world problems.
This is especially significant because even the most powerful supercomputers today cannot handle the kinds of calculations that a one-million-qubit quantum computer could.
With this development, Microsoft is positioning itself to lead the quantum computing race, similar to how semiconductors paved the way for modern electronics.

About Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a radically different way of processing information compared to traditional computing.
While classical computers use bits (which can be either 0 or 1), quantum computers use qubits (quantum bits).
- Unlike classical bits, qubits can represent both 0 and 1 simultaneously, thanks to a principle called superposition.
- Additionally, qubits can become entangled, meaning the state of one qubit is directly related to the state of another, no matter the distance between them.
These properties allow quantum computers to solve incredibly complex problems much faster than classical computers.
- For example, problems in cryptography, drug discovery, and material science that would take traditional computers years to solve could be tackled in just minutes or hours on a quantum computer.

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GS Analyst: Daily Current Affairs

22nd February 2025 (11 Topics)

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Majorana 1

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Majorana 1

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