The Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Everything

Author(s): Cezary Gesikowski

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”Quantum computing will enable us to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, from curing diseases to addressing climate change.” — Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO

Image: The Majorana 1. Photo by John Brecher for Microsoft | Microsoft.com

In February 2025, Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 1 chip, a breakthrough in quantum computing that has been compared to the seismic impact of the ”Attention Is All You Need” paper on artificial intelligence (AI). Just as the transformer architecture revolutionized deep learning by streamlining neural networks, the Majorana 1 chip introduces a radical new approach to quantum computing: topological qubits. This innovation could finally make quantum computing practical, scalable, and capable of solving problems currently beyond classical computers’ reach.

But what does this mean for the future of technology, and why should you care? Let’s dive into the science, the skepticism, and the staggering potential of this quantum leap.

At the heart of the Majorana 1 chip is a novel Topological Core architecture, which leverages a new class of materials called topoconductors. These materials enable the creation and control of Majorana particles — exotic quasiparticles first predicted by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana in 1937. Majorana-based… Read the full blog for free on Medium.

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