![]() ![]() Julie LoveSenior Director, Quantum Computing at Microsoft We feel we are on the brink of something. ![]() If we have qubits with lower error rates, which allows us to scale with far fewer resources in this constrained cryogenic environment.ĭo you have some idea when you can deliver a complete Microsoft quantum system? We are developing the topological qubit, it's a multi-decade effort to reinvent the approach to building qubits. Love: We use a range of quantum systems in-house. How far along is the Microsoft quantum hardware system development and what internal systems have you been running your quantum software on? But the chip we have can control up to 50,000 physical qubits with that one chip and just three wires. Love: You see some of these (quantum) systems with swarms of wires to control all these qubits. The other part of the challenge is these qubits must work with Azure, where many of our customers are, and then control those qubits at scale in a cryogenic environment.Ĭompared to your hardware partners and competitors, what is the value you bring to market with this chip? One option is to either turn out a lot of noisy qubits and deal with the error correction, with the issue there being you need 10,000 physical qubits that do proper error correction.īut that's why we have this huge development effort in our labs because we think it's worth it to figure out our own qubit approach. To achieve that promise we need a full system that scales, with hundreds and thousands of qubits and those qubits have to be logical qubits and not the noisy qubits that are susceptible to errors. Love: The promise of quantum computing is it can solve world-changing problems, such as global warming, as well as problems enterprises face every day. Is this based, in part, on the x86 architecture or is it a whole new design? It isn't a quantum chip per se, but it has capabilities that support quantum software. We are building our own quantum hardware, and have made significant investments there. Love: Well, we are also a hardware company. Microsoft seems to have a software-oriented approach. Most of your competitors in this space have a hardware-oriented approach to this market and aren't working in concert with a group of partners. It's this momentum that told us it's time to bring all of our work over to Azure, including the applications, tools and algorithms. I run the early quantum access program where we bring partners and enterprise customers in to meet with our quantum algorithm developers and we've seen momentum built there. To realize the potential of quantum computing we needed to bring together the global community of companies building the hardware, their programmers and subject matter experts. In fact, it was two years ago at Ignite where we announced delivery of Q#, a language meant to be very accessible for programmers. Julie Love: It's really more continued momentum of the work and investments we've made in quantum computing since the early 2000s. Microsoft has been working on quantum technology for a while now, but recently redoubled its efforts in this arena. Julie Love, Ph.D., senior director of Quantum Computing at Microsoft, discussed the new Azure Quantum Service and the progress the company has made toward being a quantum hardware company. Microsoft open sourced its Quantum Development Kit (QDK) and Q# compilers and simulators for developers this past summer. The company also unveiled its Azure Quantum Service, now in private preview. Microsoft Ignite 2019 news: Intune + SCCM = Endpoint Manager WVD on Azure Stack Hub and moreĪt its recent Ignite conference, the company said it is developing a chip capable of running Microsoft quantum software and plans to develop a complete quantum system.With robotic process automation, Microsoft Power Automate works with legacy apps.New Microsoft Edge browser gets competitive with Chrome.New Outlook features appeal to users on the go.Microsoft Teams adds private channels, room appliances.Microsoft cybersecurity training to become mandatory for its workers.Employee engagement necessary for digital transformation projects.SharePoint, OneDrive cloud migrations get easier.Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Analytics for the cloud.Microsoft hybrid cloud strategy expands with Azure Arc.Microsoft Azure Arc faces cautiously interested user base.Mars gains sweet cloud savings with Azure Cost Management.Microsoft Power Platform gets AI and RPA updates.Microsoft Power Platform adds chatbots Flow now Power Automate.Microsoft quantum development turns toward hardware.Application Guard to block malicious attachments in Office 365.
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