Microsoft says it has developed a breakthrough quantum processor based on a new state of matter, giving it a clear path to achieve quantum computing’s long-term promise of solving some of the world’s most difficult problems.

With its ‘topological’ quantum computers, Microsoft aims to reach useful scales faster than competing technologies

On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled a major scientific breakthrough that it believes will kick-start the quantum computing revolution. Majorana 1 is the world’s first quantum chip powered by Microsoft’s Topological Core architecture, a new technology that relies on a previously undiscovered state of matter.