{"id":239069,"date":"2026-06-16T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/microsoft-announces-1000x-better-quantum-chip"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:04:05","slug":"microsoft-announces-1000x-better-quantum-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/microsoft-announces-1000x-better-quantum-chip","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Announces 1000x Better Quantum Chip"},"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\/oU_eQ4bEf1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out todays sponsor PLAUD \u2014 Note Pro: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4e596YH\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4e596YH<\/a> NotePin S: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fMEgFz\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fMEgFz<\/a> code \u201cBEN15\u201d-17% off.<br \/> Amazon\uff1a Note Pro: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v9nEws\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v9nEws<\/a> NotePin S: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eEmfbi\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eEmfbi<\/a> code \u201cBEN15AMZ\u201d-17% off.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft just announced the Majorana 2 \u2014 a topological quantum chip with qubits 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor. I got exclusive access to Microsoft\u2019s quantum lab in Copenhagen and sat down with Chetan Nayak (Director of Quantum Hardware at Microsoft) to find out what actually changed, whether the results hold up, and what this means for the timeline to a useful quantum computer.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 \u2014 Microsoft Announce Majorana 2<br \/> 1:07 \u2014 How Quantum Computers Actually Work.<br \/> 3:12 \u2014 The Case for Topological Qubits.<br \/> 4:10 \u2014 How to Build a Topological Qubit.<br \/> 8:06 \u2014 Ad break.<br \/> 9:45 \u2014 What Changed in Majorana 2<br \/> 13:05 \u2014 Why Lead Beats Aluminium.<br \/> 14:33 \u2014 When Are We Getting a Quantum Computer?<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/quantum.microsoft.com\/en-us\/i\">https:\/\/quantum.microsoft.com\/en-us\/i<\/a>\u2026 Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2606.03884\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2606.03884<\/a> A note Microsoft shared with me on the retracted 2018 paper: \u201cIn 2018, an independent university research paper that drew funding from several sources including Microsoft, was retracted by Nature. The research was not conducted by Dr. Chetan Nayak or any members of the Microsoft team leading the work on the Majorana 1.\u201d My Patreon:\ud83d\ude80 <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ drbenmiles My Instagram: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ drbenmiles My TikTok: <img class=\"\" alt=\"\"> \/ drbenmiles My Newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/drbenmiles.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/drbenmiles.substack.com\/<\/a> My Merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstarscientist.org\/\">https:\/\/www.rockstarscientist.org\/<\/a> \ud83d\udd17 Linktree: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/drbenmiles\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/drbenmiles<\/a> MY GEAR \ud83d\udcf7 Sony A7III <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OWrmGd\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OWrmGd<\/a> \ud83d\udd0e Sigma 402,965 16 mm F1.4 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49BNJdq\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/49BNJdq<\/a> \ud83c\udfa4 Shure SM7B <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sF3ngx\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sF3ngx<\/a> \ud83c\udfa4 Zoom H4n Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OXsklB\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3OXsklB<\/a> \ud83c\udfa4 Sennheiser AVX <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4geWnBi\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4geWnBi<\/a>.<br \/> arXiv Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2606\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2606<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A note Microsoft shared with me on the retracted 2018 paper: \\.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out todays sponsor PLAUD \u2014 Note Pro: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4e596YH NotePin S: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4fMEgFz code \u201cBEN15\u201d-17% off. Amazon\uff1a Note Pro: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v9nEws NotePin S: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eEmfbi code \u201cBEN15AMZ\u201d-17% off. Microsoft just announced the Majorana 2 \u2014 a topological quantum chip with qubits 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor. 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