We see 8 billion reasons to build a quantum supercomputer
Our growing global footprint of 8 billion people requires new innovations to reverse climate change and address food insecurity. Throughout history, materials advancements – from the stone age to the silicon age – has shaped human progress. Scientists are on a mission to drive new discoveries that will solve the hardest problems humanity faces. This is why we are pushing the boundaries of physics to engineer the technologies that empower scientists to innovate at scale, with speed.
Nature is quantum mechanical. Quantum computers are the natural computers to simulate nature.
Using nature to solve human problems
The solution to the hardest problems facing humanity lies within the mysteries of nature and the ability of scientists to uncover them to accelerate chemistry and materials science.
Sustainable fertilizer
1 in 3 people around the world suffer from food insecurity. Quantum computing and AI have the potential to revolutionize the production of fertilizer in a more environmentally sustainable way.
Reversing climate change
Increased levels of carbon dioxide from conventional energy production and storage methods have increased the earth’s temperature. We must find new methods for reducing carbon dioxide in the air. Quantum computing will revolutionize the chemistry of energy.
Accelerating scientific discovery
Azure Quantum Elements empowers scientists to make significant advancements with HPC and AI while simultaneously allowing them to get quantum ready. From the ability to rapidly screen lab experiment candidates, to the ease of simulations, and the ability to accurately model and design new molecules, these advancements enable researchers to accelerate the next 250 years of chemistry and materials sciences progress into the next 25.
Physics breakthrough
Microsoft engineered devices allow us to induce and control topological phase creating Majorana Zero Modes. The zero bias peak is evidence of a Majorana. This innovation starts our path to engineering the world’s first hardware protected qubit, a new type of stable qubit.
The path to a Quantum Supercomputer
For scientists to solve the hardest, most complex chemistry and materials science problems like reversing climate change and addressing food insecurity, a Quantum Supercomputer will be required. Yet, today, every known quantum machine on the planet is blocked from achieving the necessary reliable quantum operations performance of one million reliable quantum operations per second (rQOPS).
After a major physics breakthrough, Microsoft is on the path to engineer a brand-new type of qubit and has identified the key hardware milestones for unlocking a scaled Quantum Supercomputer.
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Create & control Majorana
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Hardware protected qubit
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High quality hardware protected qubits
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Multi-qubit system
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Resilient quantum system
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Quantum supercomputer
milestone one
Create & control Majoranas
For the first time in history, Microsoft engineered devices allow us to induce and control the topological phase of matter bookended by Majorana Zero Modes. This breakthrough enables the engineering of a new type of qubit.*
milestone TWO
Hardware Protected Qubit
Our protected qubit, with built-in error protection, extends our first breakthrough by changing qubit technology from analog to digital control.
milestone THREE
High Quality Hardware Protected Qubits
To scale operations and reduce errors, digitally controlled hardware-protected qubits can be entangled and braided with a series of quality advances.
milestone FOUR
Multi-qubit System
milestone FIVE
Resilient Quantum System
A Quantum Machine, when operating on true logical qubits, demonstrates higher quality operations than the underlying physical qubits. This breakthrough enables the first reliable quantum operations and opens the gates to quantum supercomputing.
milestone six
Quantum Supercomputer
The Quantum Supercomputer is capable of solving scientific or commercially useful problems in less time than a classical computer. To start, it will be able to run 1 million reliable quantum operations per second (rQOPS) with an error rate of less than 1 every trillion steps. From there, it will scale to reach 100 million reliable rQOPS per second and beyond to solve the most difficult problems in chemistry and materials science.
Quantum today
Start exploring quantum today. Learn about AI assisted quantum coding or advanced features like Azure Quantum Elements, our chemistry and materials science platform.