The processor uses qubits that can be measured without error and are resistant to outside interference, which the company says marks a “transformative leap toward practical quantum computing.”

There isn't yet a roadmap to show Microsoft can scale its chip to the million topological qubits required to make a working quantum computer.

In a surprising and unpredictable development, Microsoft (MSFT) has unveiled its first quantum computing chip, Majorana 1. This chip, featuring