--- title: "Microsoft Announces 1000x Better Quantum Chip" url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announces-1000x-better-quantum-chip-adq5pznhf source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_eQ4bEf1k type: video:youtube source: "YouTube" published: 2026-07-08T17:28:26.093Z updated: 2026-07-09T07:52:56.265Z tags: ["microsoft", "quantum-computing"] reading_time: 18 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Announces 1000x Better Quantum Chip **[YouTube](https://daily.dev/sources/youtube)** · 18 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft announced the Majorana 2 chip, achieving a 1,000x improvement in topological qubit lifetime — from 12 milliseconds to over 20 seconds — by replacing the aluminum superconducting layer with lead, which has a 4x larger superconducting gap. This means a qubit can now perform 20 million operations before an error is likely, effectively removing qubit lifetime as the primary barrier to useful quantum computing. The breakthrough has led Microsoft to halve their timeline, now targeting a scalable quantum computer by 2029. The video explains topological qubit architecture, Majorana zero modes, quasi-particle poisoning, and the material science challenges involved. Some skepticism remains in the physics community about the sufficiency of published evidence, and full qubit control demonstrations have not yet been publicly shown. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft Claims 20 Second Qubits](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-claims-20-second-qubits-shaxjy2dj) · Hackaday · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft's Majorana 2 quantum chip is 1,000x more reliable, targets 2029](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-majorana-2-quantum-chip-is-1-000x-more-reliable-targets-2029-2yvtrqftn) · The Next Web · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Majorana 2 – Microsoft's Scalable Quantum Processor With Reliable, Long-Lasting Qubits](https://daily.dev/posts/majorana-2-microsoft-s-scalable-quantum-processor-with-reliable-long-lasting-qubits-ni1dllw4w) · Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#quantum-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/quantum-computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-announces-1000x-better-quantum-chip-adq5pznhf)