<div dir="ltr">New development indeed!<div><br></div><div><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/03/08/2037254/microsoft-led-team-retracts-disputed-quantum-computing-paper">https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/03/08/2037254/microsoft-led-team-retracts-disputed-quantum-computing-paper</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 3:34 AM John Clark <<a href="mailto:johnkclark@gmail.com">johnkclark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">There is a rumor  Microsoft is just weeks away from making a major announcement about quantum computers. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbronline.com/news/microsoft-set-5-year-quantum-computing" target="_blank">https://www.cbronline.com/news/microsoft-set-5-year-quantum-computing</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div>If true this could be huge because Microsoft is working on a topological quantum computer that operates by manipulating exotic Majorana fermions<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">​ and ​produces far fewer errors than conventional quantum computers, if any quantum computer could be called conventional. </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">John K Clark</div></div></div>
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