Achieving scalability in quantum computing
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…
Microsoft Azure Quantum Team articles
Video recap: Quantum computing at Microsoft Build
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…
Quantum computing at Microsoft Build
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,…
The quantum computing effect on public-key encryption
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…
Understanding how to solve problems with a quantum computer
Quantum computers can lead to breakthroughs in a wide variety of subject areas because they offer a computational strength we’ve never seen before.
Celebrating the life, vision, and contributions of Burton J. Smith
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…
Microsoft updates its Quantum Development Kit and adds support for Linux and Mac
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…
Announcing the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit
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…
Microsoft announces quantum computing programming language
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…
Elucidating reaction mechanisms on quantum computers
We show how a quantum computer can be employed to elucidate reaction mechanisms in complex chemical systems, using the open problem of biological…
APS Physical Review Letters selects Station Q paper
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…
Magic state distillation with low space overhead and optimal asymptotic input count
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…