Microsoft's new quantum chip is 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor — but why is this new chip so controversial?

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The Majorana 2 quantum processor is built from topological qubits, and its creators claim it can sustain quantum coherence for an average of 20 seconds — orders of magnitude longer than the milliseconds that conventional chips last.

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