Microsoft claims that building its first quantum-computing chip required that it create a new state of matter, which it is referring to as a topological state.

The tech giant joins Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than recently believed. Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is “years,

Microsoft on Wednesday announced its first quantum computing chip, called Majorana 1, and said it could significantly reduce the time needed to reach quantum computing at a larger scale.