Microsoft said it has created a computing chip powered by a new material that could one day be used to create a long sought after quantum computing system. The quantum chip uses a new state of matter developed by Microsoft that is a topological state—not solid,

Microsoft has announced Majorana 1 as the first quantum-computing chip powered by what it terms as a new topological core architecture. The company said Wednesday it expects the chip will make quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years rather than decades.