https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Microsoft News feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/06/microsoft-discovery-majorana-2/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Microsoft-news <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/06/microsoft-discovery-majorana-2/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1780831902723.jpg"/><p>Microsoft announced the general availability of Microsoft Discovery, its Azure-based platform for deploying autonomous AI agent teams in scientific R&D. The platform powered the development of Majorana 2, a topological quantum chip with 1,000x reliability improvement and 20-second qubit lifetimes. Microsoft now targets a scalable quantum computer by 2029, halving its original timeline.</p> <i>By Steef-Jan Wiggers</i> Cloud AI Architecture Microsoft Quantum Computing Microsoft Azure AI, ML & Data Engineering DevOps Development Architecture & Design news Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:08:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/06/microsoft-discovery-majorana-2/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Microsoft-news Steef-Jan Wiggers 2026-06-08T09:08:00Z /news/2026/06/microsoft-discovery-majorana-2/en