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Microsoft claims that building its first quantum-computing chip required that it create a new state of matter, which it is referring to as a topological state.

Microsoft has introduced first quantum computing chip called Majorana 1, which could bring the tech world one step closer to quantum computers. What is a quantum computing chip?A quantum chip is a tiny piece of hardware that uses