Microsoft unveiled its latest quantum chip.

• Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip, a new design, aims to demonstrate quantum computing is “years, not decades” away.

• Quantum computing could unlock significant discoveries in medicine, chemistry, and aerospace.

• The chip’s main challenge is the fast, difficult-to-control qubit, which is prone to errors.

• Majorana 1’s fault-tolerant capabilities are derived from the properties of the Majorana fermion.

• Harvard University physics professor Philip Kim praised the chip as an “exciting development.”

• However, independent experts express concerns over the lack of conclusive proof of Majorana 1’s functionality.