Microsoft has unveiled its new Majorana 2 quantum chip, created using artificial intelligence technologies, and stated that it expects to have commercially useful quantum computers by 2029. This was reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
Details
The company noted that the new chip is a continuation of the Majorana development presented last year. According to Microsoft Vice President Jason Zander, artificial intelligence helped accelerate research in materials science and improved certain chip characteristics by approximately 1,000 times.
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The main difference of the new development is the set of materials used. Unlike competitors who use superconducting aluminum wires, Microsoft decided to use lead.
"The reason people don't use this to build chips is because it requires an incredibly specialized process. And we figured that out,"
Competition and Criticism
The announced timeline puts Microsoft on par with IBM, which also plans to launch commercial quantum systems by 2029. In the field of quantum technology, companies are competing with Google, Amazon, and a number of Chinese developers working on systems to solve complex problems in medicine, chemistry, and cybersecurity.
At the same time, Microsoft's approach remains a subject of debate in the scientific community. The company bases its developments on Majorana quasiparticles, the existence of which it previously claimed to have confirmed experimentally. Some physicists criticize these claims, believing that Microsoft has not yet released enough data for their final confirmation.
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