Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Majorana 1 | The Gestalt IT Rundown: February 25, 2025

Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Majorana 1 | The Gestalt IT Rundown: February 25, 2025

Author: Tech Field Day February 26, 2025 Duration: 36:37

We've talked about quantum computing before but Microsoft created a quantum quake in the tech space last week. They announced a new quantum computer chip that took seventeen years to make. The Majorana-1 uses a brand new Topological Core technology that reduces error rates significantly and could create chips with as much as one million qubits of processing power per unit. Microsoft's researchers reportedly created a new state of matter in the accompanying research paper published to Nature to help them create the method for increasing the power of the chip. This and more on The Rundown.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown1:15 - Docker Pauses Pull Plans5:30 - Default Passwords Strike Again8:12 - Apple is Betting on AI Infrastructure12:00 - Cisco and NVIDIA Expand Their Partnership15:57 - T-Mobile Dials Up Cloud Efficiency Drive with Red Hat OpenShift19:37 - HP Ends 15 Minute Tech Support Wait Time24:37 - Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Majorana 1 Chip33:29 - The Weeks Ahead35:25 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Gestalt ITWebsite: https://www.GestaltIT.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltITLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AI, #Majorana1, @Docker, @Microsoft, @Apple, @HP, @TMobile, @Cisco, @NVIDIA, @GestaltIT, @NetworkingNerd, @DemitasseNZ, @TechFieldDay,


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