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Harnessing Topology: The Low-Error Breakthrough of Microsoft’s Majorana 1

A few months ago, on February 19th, 2025, Microsoft launched its Majorana 1 quantum computing chip. This is a significant milestone and breakthrough on several levels for both the computing and physics fields. Majorana 1 is “the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture” (Bolgar, 2025). The Topological Core architecture is the first of its kind in quantum computing. This article will not be going into detail about the nitty-gritty of quantum computing – for more on that, check out my article, “Quantum Computing and Climate Modeling” – rather, it discusses quantum computing as it relates to foundational principles of topology, computing with topoconductors, minimizing error, and what lies ahead.