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Most of us grew up learning there are three main types of matter that matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Today, that changed.After a nearly 20 year pursuit, we’ve created an entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, topoconductors, that enable a fundamental leap in computing.

An excellent Grok summary on why this is a huge deal:

Majorana 1 Chip: Quantum Leap | Shared Grok Conversation

Provide me a detailed material analysis and data supported research report on topoconductors

grok.com

Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source

Majorana 1, the first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture

news.microsoft.com

We are witnessing technological breakthroughs at unprecedented scale and frequency. Unbelievable things are happening at breakneck pace.

 

[od-chan]

>The processor operates through a material called a topoconductor, which monitors and manages quantum particles named Majoranas to generate quantum bits

This sounds like straight up magic or Star Wars lmao, this shit really did become indistinguishable. I am inclined to believe this is huge, simply because of how Nadella talks about it. It does sound a bit too good to be true, which is always an issue when anything with "quantum" makes the headlines - and usually then it is - but this might be different.

 

[BlackTron]

Waiting for the next Xbox to have this chip with a single launch title called the RTX setting in Minecraft

 

[willothedog]

Goodbye to any known forms of encryption once these get refined. Setec Astronomy.

 

[Hyet]

So... whats that new state of matter called and how does it apply to regular outside-of-microsoft-headquarters matter?

 

[DKehoe]

And that new matter? It's an Xbox.

 

[GymWolf]

Can't wait for QuantumPass.

 

[thief183]

So they used Majorana as a name, the guy that no-one believed and is supposed to have inveted the "convert materiea" machine... I know ppl in real life that say they know him in person and that he hasn't age at all, kinda bs, but this makes me reevaluate some things I've been told.

 

[SidViscous]

it’s bullshit, we will all know when real quantum computing has been invented because the one of the big crypto exchanges will get it all stolen.

 

[Trilobit]

Here's the video for those who prefer that:



If someone finds a nice animated video on the topic of topology and what it means related to this subject then feel free to share! It really helps me understand things better than just reading about it. Same with microbiology.

 

[Shubh_C63]

First Google Quantum chip and now Microsoft.
Oh we are gonna be cooking in 15 years.

 

[Rocinante618]

This is marketing. That new! material isn’t new, it reinforces a known theoretical result.

Majorana is the name of an Italian physicist.

This result is purely hype & marketing. Right now there’s no real mass market application for it. I have utmost respect for MS to keep pursuing this project.

Looking forward similar announcements by IBM & Google.

 

[Fbh]

Can't wait for this to come to PS5

 

[Cyberpunkd]

We are witnessing technological breakthroughs at unprecedented scale and frequency. Unbelievable things are happening at breakneck pace.

More ways for techbros to screw people over!

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

You hear about amazing breakthroughs all the time. Yet nothing ever appears that can be used practically.

 

[DKehoe]

 

[Mr1999]

It definitely looks cooler than my 9800x3d

 

[6502]

This is marketing. That new! material isn’t new, it reinforces a known theoretical result.

Majorana is the name of an Italian physicist.

This result is purely hype & marketing. Right now there’s no real mass market application for it. I have utmost respect for MS to keep pursuing this project.

Looking forward similar announcements by IBM & Google.

If it is as good as they claim, surely it would revolutionise world just by being a tool for science and industry?

 

[ZehDon]

Goodbye to any known forms of encryption once these get refined. Setec Astronomy.

I wouldn't say "any known forms". Quantum-resistant encryption has been around for a while, so it's really just factorial-based encryption, like RSA, which relies on the difficulty of prime number factoring, that we say goodbye to. Lattice encryption has been shown to be quantum-resistant, for example, and varients of zero proofs make the rounds every few years. But yeah - encryption will need to step up.

 

[Puscifer]

Goodbye to any known forms of encryption once these get refined. Setec Astronomy.

There's already encryption that combats this.

 

[Ribi]

I thought there was like 6 states of matter and 3 of them involved plasma? Also I thought now we had 7 because #BlackLivesMatter

 

[thuGG_pl]

BS about new states of matter, and this has a looooooong way to go.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Goodbye to any known forms of encryption once these get refined. Setec Astronomy.

Nah, quantum entangled encryption along with quantum key distribution with destructive detection is already being worked on.

 

[cormack12]

 

[Danknugz]

finally, a pc that can run MS teams at full speed

 

[winjer]

How many times did it blue screen already?

 

[jason10mm]

Here's the video for those who prefer that:



If someone finds a nice animated video on the topic of topology and what it means related to this subject then feel free to share! It really helps me understand things better than just reading about it. Same with microbiology.

Well, for starters I'm glad a microsoft video didn't start with an apology for building on the land some tribe took from another tribe who took it from yet another tribe before our tribe took it. Second, she didn't physically describe herself because I still don't know why they were doing that. Thirdly, this is gonna be called "MaJORana" instead of "MaYOURana" by like 99% of people, why they playing games with us?

And we all know this ends up in a device that just has bloated, poorly optimized software so it runs 5% faster than shit today.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Can I use it to generate AI porn?

 

[N0S]

 

[AJUMP23]

This is the thing that summed it up for me.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Quantum chips drop before Star Citizen lmao

 

[Makki]

Can I use it to generate AI porn?

Yes but they all exist in a state of having both a dick and punani

 

[T-0800]

Can I use it to generate AI porn?

 

[DeafTourette]

Well, for starters I'm glad a microsoft video didn't start with an apology for building on the land some tribe took from another tribe who took it from yet another tribe before our tribe took it. Second, she didn't physically describe herself because I still don't know why they were doing that. Thirdly, this is gonna be called "MaJORana" instead of "MaYOURana" by like 99% of people, why they playing games with us?

And we all know this ends up in a device that just has bloated, poorly optimized software so it runs 5% faster than shit today.

That's a thing for the blind. Even some folks do that on IG ... ESPECIALLY deaf folks who are posting on there (in the description or caption)

 

[jason10mm]

That's a thing for the blind. Even some folks do that on IG ... ESPECIALLY deaf folks who are posting on there (in the description or caption)

Fair enough, though it seems like simething that would be embedded in the cmosed captioning for the deaf or the audio transcription for the blind rather than presented in the main video for the other 98%. I would assume a blind person would have little use for a descriptor like "blonde wearing a blue sweater" versus just making sure the presenters are visually and auditorially distinguishable (not too many women all with focal fry, for example) but what do i know?

 

[DeafTourette]

Fair enough, though it seems like simething that would be embedded in the cmosed captioning for the deaf or the audio transcription for the blind rather than presented in the main video for the other 98%. I would assume a blind person would have little use for a descriptor like "blonde wearing a blue sweater" versus just making sure the presenters are visually and auditorially distinguishable (not too many women all with focal fry, for example) but what do i know?

There's a setting on smartphones and computers to read out what the video (it usually is video and not so much images) contains in the caption. There's also descriptive audio, which is what you were describing. It's not available in all video services yet.

 

[Insane Metal]

Can't wait to switch my CPU for a new QPU.

 

[Lord Panda]

How many times did it blue screen already?

Uncertain.

 

[Valonquar]

Get Jordi to bounce the Majoranas off the reflector dish and we'll be in real business.

 

[PSYGN]

IBM in shambles? Nvm I guess they would just create their own with the same tech.

 

[j0hnnix]

Will be used for crackdown 4

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Goodbye to any known forms of encryption once these get refined. Setec Astronomy.

Harvest now, crack later comes to mind. Or.. Decrypt later.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Yes but they all exist in a state of having both a dick and punani

Then I will exist in a state of being aroused and confused.

 

[Trilobit]

Can I use it to generate AI porn?

It will be more powerful than even a super computer spanning the whole Earth, so it might be able to find one girl who wants to date you.

 

[IntentionalPun]

It will be more powerful than even a super computer spanning the whole Earth, so it might be able to find one girl who wants to date you.

A real girl? Ewwww

 

[Insane Metal]

Uh oh...