Nature paper questions validity of Microsoft's quantum chip breakthroughs
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Zoe Kleinman
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A UK-based physicist, Dr Henry Legg, has published a paper in Nature questioning Microsoft's claims of breakthroughs in quantum computing. Legg argues that a software tool Microsoft used to verify its research contained coding errors and lacked sufficient accuracy. He also contends that Microsoft has not proven its creation of the theoretical Majorana quasi-particle, which is central to the company's quantum computing approach. Microsoft has consistently defended its research findings.
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· 3 pulledDr Henry Legg, a long-term critic of Microsoft's quantum work, argued a software tool used by the tech giant to check its research contained coding errors and was not sufficiently accurate.
Legg also said Microsoft had still not proved its assertion that it has managed to create a theoretical quasi-particle called Majorana, which underpins its approach to quantum computing.
The tech giant has consistently stood by its conclusions
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