DARPA has chosen Microsoft as a companion to discover scaled quantum computing in assist of DARPA’s broader quantum methods. DARPA has lengthy been on the chopping fringe of expertise and performs an necessary position in advancing the quantum expertise ecosystem. At Microsoft, we’ve a imaginative and prescient to carry quantum at scale to the world in methods which might be impactful and accountable. We see the potential of quantum computing to unravel a few of society’s most complicated issues. This collaboration with DARPA will allow us to discover collectively the advantages of our distinctive method in making the promise of quantum applied sciences a actuality.

Microsoft has taken a more difficult, however what we imagine to be a extra promising path in direction of scaled quantum computing and designed our machine utilizing topological qubits. Our distinctive qubit structure is theorized to allow our quantum machine to be sufficiently small to slot in a closet, quick sufficient to unravel issues in a sensible timeframe, and have the aptitude to manage multiple million qubits. We’re assured on this design given our important physics breakthrough which cleared a serious hurdle towards engineering the world’s first topological qubit and finally, a scaled quantum machine.  Anybody can entry the identical knowledge as our scientists to raised perceive Microsoft’s method to constructing a scalable, full-stack quantum machine.  

Microsoft based our quantum program with scale in thoughts as a result of we imagine a machine will want at the least a million qubits to unravel a broad class of classically intractable issues. This monumental scale requirement emerged from our useful resource estimation analysis. Years in the past, we constructed a software to grasp the {hardware} necessities and run instances required to run numerous quantum purposes utilizing quite a lot of qubit architectures. For a quantum utility to run in a matter of weeks as a substitute of years or centuries, a machine requires upwards of 1 million qubits. That Useful resource Estimation software is now out there to anybody in our cloud service, Azure Quantum.

The quantum computing business is at an necessary inflection level—and Microsoft is beginning to separate the hype from actuality. We applaud DARPA’s diligence and focus on this necessary house. We sit up for sharing extra as we collaborate with DARPA and invite you to hitch the Microsoft Quantum Innovator Collection to remain linked.

Microsoft Quantum Innovator Collection

The trail to quantum at scale.