While a variety of quantum systems exist today, many are unable to scale to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Explaining the real-world obstacles of building a quantum system that scales, this post explores how Microsoft addresses these challenges through a topological qubit. Read more
Each year, Microsoft Build brings together tech creators for a conference on emerging technological concepts. Last week, Build featured two sessions on quantum computing led by Dr. Julie Love, Director of Microsoft Quantum Computing Business Development, and John Azariah, Principal Software Engineer on the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and Q# coding language. Read more
Our annual developer event, Microsoft Build, will take place May 7- 9, 2018, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The event invites developers, engineers, programmers, and all-around tech creators to gather around emerging technological concepts, including quantum computing. This year, Microsoft Build will feature two sessions on quantum computing led by Dr. Julie Read more
Microsoft researchers studied the resources required to implement quantum algorithms for factoring large integers and for computing discrete logarithms in the context of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). The post provides a deeper look at the results obtained in the published paper. Not only does the study put the Microsoft quantum tools to the test, the Read more
Quantum computers can lead to breakthroughs in a wide variety of subject areas because they offer a computational strength we’ve never seen before. Read more
The Microsoft team dedicates this blog to Burton Smith. A leader, visionary, mentor, and dear friend, Burton truly exemplified the heart, soul, and vision of quantum computing at Microsoft. He will be dearly missed. Read more
The latest updates to the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit adds support for macOS and Linux, additional open source libraries, and interoperability with Python. The power of quantum computing is now available to even more developers on more platforms. Read more
Just a few months back, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared our vision of empowering the quantum revolution with bold investments towards a scalable end-to-end solution, revolutionary topological approach, and a global team. Today, we take the next step in this journey with the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit to help you get started with quantum development. The Microsoft Quantum Development Kit, preview available here, includes the following three key components: Fully integrated quantum-focused programming language Q# (Q-sharp): Designed ground up for quantum, Q# is the most approachable high-level programming language with a native type system for qubits, operators, and other abstractions. Read more
For more than a decade, a team of researchers, engineers and developers at Microsoft has been working on quantum computing, a new model of computing that promises exponential increases in processing power and could help scientists tackle questions previously considered unanswerable—on topics ranging from climate science and medical research, to the human genome and economics. Read more
We show how a quantum computer can be employed to elucidate reaction mechanisms in complex chemical systems, using the open problem of biological nitrogen fixation in nitrogenase as an example. We discuss how quantum computers can augment classical-computer simulations for such problems, to significantly increase their accuracy and enable hitherto intractable simulations. Detailed Read more
We are pleased to announce that the American Physical Society (APS) journal, Physical Review Letters, has selected the Station Q paper, Transport Signatures of Quasiparticle Poisoning in a Majorana Island, as an Editors’ Suggestion. The paper details how, working with theorists in Copenhagen, we found a way to measure the quasiparticle poisoning rate of a Majorana Read more
In our quest for topological quantum computing with Majorana zero modes, one missing piece is the efficient, high-quality creation of magic states to perform the π/8 (or “T” gate). Our new paper, Magic State Distillation with Low Space Overhead and Optimal Asymptotic Input Count, provides a family of solutions to this need, allowing for a wide range Read more
