Its Majorana 1 chip, made of a new material, can perform high-level computing tasks with greater speed and accuracy, Microsoft says.

Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum chip named Majorana 1 which it claims will be able to solve major, real-world problems within decades. Though others are skeptical of the claims, Microsoft adds that their new chip design involves manipulating an "entirely new state of matter".

Majorana 1 relies on ‘topological superconductivity,’ a never-before-seen theoretical form of matter.