Microsoft's quantum chip Majarona 1 is a few qubits short

Microsoft says its Majorana 1 contains eight topological qubits and can scale to a million, though the details on how it will scale are scant. Microsoft Quantum Microsoft's quantum computing scientists announced they have finally realized a long-held goal of building a "topological qubit", the equivalent of a transistor for ordinary chips, that may help advance quantum computing. The qubit is the functional element of a quantum chip, called Majorana 1, based on an exotic particle, a hybrid of matter and anti-matter discovered in the past 20 years. Also: Google's quantum breakthrough is 'truly remarkable' - but there's more to do "Majorana 1 marks a transformative leap toward practical quantum computing," states Microsoft in the blog post by Chetan Nayak, head of quantum hardware. However, the caveats suggest you should take Microsoft's breakthrough with a big grain of salt. Also: OpenAI's o3 isn't AGI yet but it just did something no other AI has done For one thing, there's skep ... Read full article.