New Microsoft Quantum Computing Chip Could Revolutionize the Industry

However, more proof that the chip will work as advertised will be needed to convince some skeptical scientists.

By Paul Smaglik
Feb 20, 2025 10:45 PMFeb 20, 2025 10:44 PM
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A futuristic-looking quantum computing chip. This is not the Majorana 1. (Credit: solarseven/Shutterstock)

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An experimental Microsoft computer chip under development will deliver a one-two tech punch, according to the company.

The first blow is a statement that Microsoft scientists have developed the first-ever quantum-computing chip in its class. This form of computing could theoretically make, ahem, quantum leaps in both speed and number of calculations a computer could perform simultaneously.

The physics that theoretically would power such a chip is hard to understand — even for some physicists.

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