Microsoft after a research and development of 17 years has come up with a technology that is much more promising than many other units in the realm of quantum computing called “Majorana 1”.
The silicon age of human kind is entering a new era of quantum computing which has promising results for the world. In the video by Microsoft’s Quantum development unit describes their research and the new tech breakthrough, focusing on the
need to retain and prevent the quantum state of the qubit from degradation by noise. The Tech fellows at Microsoft Quantum research development center, “Dr Krysta Svore, Dr Matthais Troyer, Dr Chetan Nayak” and the corporate vice president Microsoft, “Zulfi Alam” had remarkable points to discuss about the quantum chip “Majorana 1”.
They explained it as what follows:
The need for quantum computers arises when conventional computers would fail to solve the equation of quantum mechanics and require the time equivalent to the life of universe to solve the problems. The calculation
of the quantum variables of an electron is so difficult, a laptop can calculate it for 10 electrons and a super computer for mere 20 electrons. To calculate accurate data for 50 electrons would need a computer as big as the
size of this planet.
In quantum computing, qubits are like the 0s and 1s of classical computers—but with added flexibility. Instead of being just 0 or 1, a qubit can exist as 0, 1, or any state in between, allowing for more complex calculations. Qubits
are very delicate to maintain at the quantum state and are typically stabilized using software but Microsoft has developed a new hardware to stabilize a qubit by using electron and its anti-particle positron in the form of a new
state of matter called “Topological State” (Topological materials have unique surface properties, conducting electricity on edges while remaining insulating inside, stable against deformations or defects.) which was theorized by a mathematician ‘Ettore Majorana’ who calculated the possibility of a particle called Majorana particle (in this case the electron and the positron). A quantum particle along with its anti-particle which on
contact get annihilated , but if aligned in such a way that it is either 0 (positron) or 1 (electron) or in between the both give rise to the Majorana particle, unlike the conventional computers which use electrons, that is either 0 (electron is absent) or 1 (electron is present).
They were observed in 2023 and now are being controlled by making a new material of the size of a nanowire called a topo conductor (a new semiconductor that can operate as a superconductor too).
It can help in making a topological core which is potentially capable of holding a million qubits in the size of a palm
To bring this marvelous piece of tech to existence the scientists had to make it atom by atom aligning them accurately, just like making a painting with the help of atoms. These features make this system efficient with speed, size and right type of controllability.
The Majorana is made of a quantum accelerator, a classical controller that translates the quantum data to
classical.
It has a diverse implication in chemistry, material science pharmaceuticals, enzyme production, running simulations. Quantum computing and AI together will give rise to a new era of discoveries innovations and
radically change the way we work with material, disease and healthcare.
It would allow innovators make the
perfect material in the first trial by just running a computer simulation. This is going to be a major step to the sustainable development.
This isn’t fiction—it’s the future unfolding before us
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