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Experts weigh in on Microsoft’s topological qubit claim

25 Feb 2025

Tech giant Microsoft claimed in a recent press release to have made the first topological qubit – an important milestone in the development of quantum computers. But some experts say the firm’s claim has not been backed up by peer-reviewed research, as Philip Ball explains

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Majorana 1 Microsoft has unveiled a quantum processor with a “topological core”. (Courtesy: John Brecher/Microsoft)
Researchers at Microsoft in the US claim to have made the first topological quantum bit (qubit) –

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Philip Ball is a science writer based in the UK, whose latest book is How Life Works: a User’s Guide to the New Biology (2024), e-mail p.ball@btinternet.com
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