Majorana 1: This is Microsoft’s quantum computer based on new topological qubits

Quantum computing is still in “diapers” if we compare it with traditional silicon -based computing and conventional binary systems. Technological giants allocate important resources in the development of this technology, and now it has been Microsoft that has revealed a new quantum computer that uses an approach different from that of the rest of this type.

It is about Microsoft Majorana 1, A quantum computer that takes its name from the homonymous particle that Microsoft has been investigating for more than 16 years. Broadly speaking, a Majorana particle It was a theoretical particle that can function as a particle and also as an antiparticle. Now It has ceased to be theory.

Their applications in the quantum world were very coveted by their high stability and for operating in groups of two linked to each other, allowing to develop much more stable qubits. Majorana 1 can climb to a million qubits in a single chip.

Majorana 1 It is the first quantum processor, or QPU, which uses this technology, combining these particles with a system of hybrid materials that can function as a superconductor and semiconductor depending on the needs, achieving the “topological superconductivity”, a new state of the subject that allows Create what the company defines as “topological qubits”.

This is the first team based on topological qubits that is tolerant of failures, a key requirement for the creation of a quantum computer. The company expects to finish the first prototype in a few years.