Quantum

Satya Nadella Unveils Microsoft’s Quantum Chip: a New State of Matter

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Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip contains eight topological qubits. John Brecher for Microsoft For a field that many have long considered decades away, quantum computing sure is getting a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley. Yesterday (Feb. 19), Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled a quantum chip known as Majorana 1, created with an entirely new state of matter that’s … Read more

Google, SoftBank Invest $230M in Quantum Computer Maker QuEra

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QuEra was founded in 2018 by top physicists from Harvard and MIT. QuEra QuEra Computing, a Boston-based quantum computing company, has raised $230 million in a round led by Google (GOOGL) and SoftBank (SFTBF)’s Vision Fund 2 to develop “fault-tolerant” quantum computers, designed to overcome the computational errors that have long hindered real-world quantum applications. … Read more