Microsoft has long been working on an alternative that could cut down on the overhead by using components that are far more stable. These components, called Majorana quasiparticles, are not real particles. Instead, they are special patterns of behavior that may arise inside certain physical systems and under certain conditions.

Microsoft team led by UC Santa Barbara physicists unveils first-of-its-kind topological qubit, paving the way for a more fault-tolerant quantum computer

A team at Oxford University succeeded in getting two quantum processors to connect to each other and work together with particle entanglement.

The newly termed “topoconductor,” Majorana 1, is designed to support large qubit data processing for a future quantum computer.

Microsoft says it's made a major breakthrough in quantum computing capabilities with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip, and the first of its kind to be powered by what are called topological qubits.

With the development, Microsoft is raising the stakes in what is set to be the next big technological contest.

Its Majorana 1 chip, made of a new material, can perform high-level computing tasks with greater speed and accuracy, Microsoft says.

Quantum computing stocks advanced on Thursday after Microsoft launched a new chip that indicated the technology is not "decades away" as stated by the top boss of AI chip bellwether Nvidia. Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 chip on Wednesday and said it is less prone to errors than rivals,

The tech giant’s researchers say the advance could lead to vastly more powerful computers.