Microsoft said it has created a computer chip that uses a new substance state that can run the most powerful computer ever.
The innovative “Majorana 1” chip uses topological superconductors. This is a material that is not solid, liquid, or gas. This will help build building blocks that can be expanded into more reliable, powerful qubits, powerful quantum computers, the company said Wednesday.
The company said the superconductor will provide a path to fit a million Qubits on a chip small enough to fit in the palm of your hand The discovery was revealed In Science Research Journal Nature.
All the computers in the world that work together today cannot do what a million quantum computers can do, Microsoft said.
“No matter what you do in quantum space, you need a path to millions of Qubits. If not, then you'll be on the wall before you reach a scale that can solve the very important problems that motivate us. I'll bump into it.” said in a statement.
Experts say more advanced quantum computing systems can encrypt data, discover new drugs, and tackle complex problems in medicine and manufacturing.
Majorana 1 has been in work for nearly 20 years and relies on a subatomic particle called Majorana Fermion, whose existence was first theorized in the 1930s.
The particles have the properties that make them easier to withstand the errors that plague quantum computers, but they were difficult for physicists to find and control.
Microsoft said it has created a Mayorana 1 chip with indium arcenide and aluminum. The device uses superconducting nanowires to observe particles and can be controlled by standard computing equipment.
The chip revealed on Wednesday has far fewer qubits than Google and IBM's rival chips, but Microsoft has a Mayorana-based queue to create useful computers due to the low error rate. I think it's much less bit.
Microsoft didn't provide a timeline to enlarge the chip to create quantum computers that surpass today's machines, but in a blog post, the company said the point is “decades, not years.” Ta.
However, the power of quantum computing poses serious security risks as it can easily break through the encryption technology currently used to protect data, including national secrets.
Jason Zander, executive vice president at Microsoft, overseeing the company's long-term strategic bets, described Majorana 1 as a “high-risk, high-reward” strategy.
The chip was manufactured by Microsoft Labs in Washington and Denmark.
“The most difficult thing is to solve physics. There's no textbook for this. We had to invent it,” Xander said in an interview with Reuters. “We literally invented the ability to create this thing, each atom, each layer.”
Philip Kim, a Harvard physics professor who was not involved in Microsoft's research, said Mayorana Fermions has been a hot topic among physicists for decades, and Microsoft's work has been an exciting development. “He said he was calling it. .
He also said that Microsoft's use of hybrids between traditional semiconductors and exotic superconductors appears to be a good route to chips that can be expanded to more powerful chips.
“We don't have a demo (of this scale-up) yet, but what they're doing is really successful,” Kim said.
The tech industry rivals have invested heavily in quantum computing. IBM committed $100 million in quantum research, and Google invested at least $50 million.
The Chinese government has invested $15.2 billion in quantum technology, and the European Union has committed $7.2 billion.
Microsoft did not say how much it spent developing new technology.
In December, Google boasted of its own advancement in quantum computing called Willow chips.
Chip can perform complex calculations in just five minutes, and Google said it's almost forever on traditional supercomputers.
With post wire
