The company said in a blog post that the new chip "paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer," and Alphabet noted that Willow was made in the company's state-of-the-art fabrication facility in Santa Barbara, California, which is one of only a handful in the world.

Quantum computing stocks advanced on Thursday after Microsoft launched a new chip that indicated the technology is not "decades away" as stated by the top boss of AI chip bellwether Nvidia. Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 chip on Wednesday and said it is less prone to errors than rivals,

A new Microsoft chip could lead to more stable quantum computers. Microsoft has announced that it’s made significant progress in its 20-year quest to make topological quantum bi