Its Majorana 1 chip, made of a new material, can perform high-level computing tasks with greater speed and accuracy, Microsoft says.

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.

At least, that's usually my reading of anything quantum computing related, and that seems to be the general gist of Microsoft's new quantum chip announcement. Microsoft says the new chip, the Microsoft Majorana 1,