Forbes October 2, 2024
Microsoft and its collaborators on the Azure Quantum project have been consistently breaking new ground with quantum computing research projects, most recently by quadrupling the number of logical qubits they are able to create. This is just the latest in a number of important quantum research projects conducted this year that have significantly advanced different critical aspects of quantum computing including qubit count and error correction. In this article I review several of these breakthroughs by Microsoft and its collaborators, Quantinuum and Atom Computing.
Microsoft’s Platform Approach
Before examining details of these research results, it is important to recognize that Microsoft’s past successes have resulted from its heritage as a platform company. Historically, its major technical achievements have been built...