Scientist publishes fresh doubts over Microsoft's quantum claims
The tech giant has consistently stood by its Majorana chip research despite scepticism from some experts in the field.
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"Last year Microsoft claimed they had built the equivalent of a precision Swiss watch. However when I opened the case to examine the mechanism, I found what looked like a chaotic jumble of mismatched parts."
— Dr Henry Legg , Academic
"At the end of the day, success is the delivery of a scalable quantum computer."
— Dr Chetan Nayak , Executive
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The tech giant has consistently stood by its Majorana chip research despite scepticism from some experts in the field.
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