Chris Vallance
Microsoft has unveiled a new chip called Majorana 1 that it says will enable the creation of quantum computers able to solve "meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades".
It is the latest development in quantum computing - tech which uses principles of particle physics to create a new type of computer able to solve problems ordinary computers cannot.
Creating quantum computers powerful enough to solve important real-world problems is very challenging - and some experts believe them to be decades away.
Microsoft says this timetable can now be sped up because of the "transformative" progress it has made in developing the new chip involving a "topological conductor", based on a new material it has produced.
The firm believes its top oconductor has the potential to be as revolutionary as the semiconductor was in the history of computing.
But experts have told the BBC more data is needed before the significance of the new research - and its effect on quantum computing - can be fully assessed.
Jensen Huang - boss of the leading chip firm, Nvidia - said in January he believed "very useful" quantum computing would come in 20 years.
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