New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that will potentially enable the creation of quantum computers to solve 'meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades'.

In a blog post, Chetan Nayak technical fellow and corporate VP of quantum hardware, Microsoft, noted: Built with a breakthrough class of materials called a topoconductor, Majorana 1 marks a transformative leap toward practical quantum computing. Quantum computers promise to transform science and society-but only after they achieve the scale that once seemed distant and elusive, and their reliability is ensured by quantum error correction. Today, we're announcing rapid advancements on the path to useful quantum computing Majorana 1, ...