{"id":207431,"date":"2025-02-28T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/microsoft-announces-worlds-first-topological-quantum-chip-majorana-1-explained"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:13:11","slug":"microsoft-announces-worlds-first-topological-quantum-chip-majorana-1-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/microsoft-announces-worlds-first-topological-quantum-chip-majorana-1-explained","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Announces World\u2019s First Topological Quantum Chip \u2014 Majorana 1 Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xr_izIthZWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft have announced a quantum breakthrough \u2013 the Majorana 1 chip. But what is it and what does it really mean for the future of quantum computing?<\/p>\n<p>Nature paper.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s4158\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s4158<\/a>\u2026 announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/fea\">https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/fea<\/a>\u2026 Check out \u202a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domainofscience\">@domainofscience<\/a>\u202c \u2018s awesome video: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Microsoft\u2019s Topological Quantum Compu\u2026 0:00 Microsoft Announces World\u2019s First Topological Qubit 1:19 The Problem with Normal Quantum Computers 6:47 How Do You Build a Quantum Computer? 14:54 What Do You Actually Do with a Quantum Computer? 18:33 Addressing the Majorana 1 Concerns \ud83d\ude80 \ud83d\ude80 I help scientists and investors tackle the World\u2019s biggest challenges: EMPIRICAL VENTURES: <a href=\"https:\/\/empiricalventures.vc\">https:\/\/empiricalventures.vc<\/a> \ud83e\udd18\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udd2c ROCKSTAR SCIENTIST Merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstarscientist.org\/\">https:\/\/www.rockstarscientist.org\/<\/a> \ud83d\udcf8 INSTAGRAM <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ drbenmiles \ud83d\ude80 JOIN US for members-only content: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ drbenmiles A few people have asked so I\u2019ve added the info below. 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Camera : Sony A7III <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OWrmGd\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OWrmGd<\/a> Lens: Sigma 402,965 16 mm F1.4 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49BNJdq\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/49BNJdq<\/a> Mics: Shure SM7B <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Scientists Just Created World\u2019s First\u2026 Zoom H4n Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OXsklB\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OXsklB<\/a> Sennheiser AVX <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4geWnBi\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4geWnBi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft announcement:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/fea\">https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/fea<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Check out \u202a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domainofscience\">@domainofscience<\/a>\u202c\u2018s awesome video:<br \/> \u2022 Microsoft\u2019s Topological Quantum Compu\u2026<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Microsoft Announces World\u2019s First Topological Qubit.<br \/> 1:19 The Problem with Normal Quantum Computers.<br \/> 6:47 How Do You Build a Quantum Computer?<br \/> 14:54 What Do You Actually Do with a Quantum Computer?<br \/> 18:33 Addressing the Majorana 1 Concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 \ud83d\ude80 I help scientists and investors tackle the World\u2019s biggest challenges:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/microsoft-announces-worlds-first-topological-quantum-chip-majorana-1-explained\">Continue reading \u201cMicrosoft Announces World\u2019s First Topological Quantum Chip \u2014 Majorana 1 Explained\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft have announced a quantum breakthrough \u2013 the Majorana 1 chip. But what is it and what does it really mean for the future of quantum computing? Nature paper. https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s4158\u2026 announcement: https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/source\/fea\u2026 Check out \u202a@domainofscience\u202c \u2018s awesome video: \u2022 Microsoft\u2019s Topological Quantum Compu\u2026 0:00 Microsoft Announces World\u2019s First Topological Qubit 1:19 The Problem with Normal [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}