Manila, Feb. 20 -- American technology conglomerate Microsoft on Thursday introduced the world's first quantum chip built on a new type of matter --topological superconductors or topoconductors-- that offer a path to developing quantum systems that are said to be more capable than all the world's computers today combined.

In a post on Threads, Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella said the chip, dubbed Majorana 1, will help create a quantum computer capable of solving "meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades."

"Imagine a chip that can fit in the palm of your hand yet is capable of solving problems that even all the computers on Earth today combined could not," Nadella said.

In a statement, Microsoft said t...