Among tech giants, Microsoft has been going against the mainstream idea of quantum computing with topological qubits. Unlike traditional qubits, topological qubits have been described as theoretically more robust and less sensitive to decoherence, which proves as a significant difficulty with quantum computers.
The project, which is being spearheaded by Microsoft’s Quantum Lab, wants to build a large-scale quantum computer using the aforementioned qubits. Despite the lack of a working topological qubit, success in this area would see the company provide more reliable and easier-to-deploy than the current quantum computers.