Microsoft reveals new quantum chip made with AI, says it will have systems by 2029
Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum computing chip developed with the assistance of AI, setting a target for commercially viable quantum machines by 2029. The company is competing with IBM, Google, and Amazon to solve complex problems in fields like medicine and cybersecurity.
Why it matters
Quantum computing represents a paradigm shift in processing power that could revolutionize cryptography, drug discovery, and material science.
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new quantum computing chip that it redesigned with the help of AI, saying it now believes it will have commercially useful quantum machines by 2029. The new target date puts Microsoft on track to have quantum computers the same year as rival IBM, which last month said it plans to spend $10 billion on quantum machines. It also spun out a company to make quantum chips for others, with backing from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Microsoft had not previously given a target year for the new chip, saying only that it would be a matter of years, not decades. Microsoft and IBM are racing against Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and several Chinese efforts to develop quantum systems that could crack problems in medicine, chemistry and cybersecurity that would take conventional computers thousands of years.
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