India, Feb. 20 -- Microsoft has developed a new quantum computing chip, Majorana 1, that can potentially fit a million qubits. Though this chip currently holds 8 topological qubits, it is a first of its kind to have a significant scalability runway. Key to its versatile architecture is the creation of a new material, made from indium arsenide and aluminium.

Microsoft's leap in quantum computing chips closely follows Google's Willow chip, IBM's Quantum Heron now leveraging the Qiskit quantum software, as well as the Zuchongzhi 3.0, developed by Chinese scientists late last year

"After a nearly 20-year pursuit, we've created an entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, topoconductors, that enable a fundamental le...