Satya Nadella

So we're, by the way, the one thing that we have also done is we've taken sort of an approach where we sort of separated out our software and our hardware, right?

So we're building out our software stack.

So which is, in fact, we now have...

with a couple of different, with the neutral atom folks, with the ion trap folks.

We're also working with others who even have, I think, pretty good approaches even with photonics and what have you.

So that means there'll be different types of quantum computers.

And in fact, we have, what, 20, I think the last thing that we announced was 24 logical qubits.

So we have also got some fantastic breakthroughs on error correction.

And that's what is allowing us, even on a neutral atom and in ion trap quantum computers, to build these 20 plus.

And that, I think, that'll keep going even in throughout the year.

You'll see us improve that yardstick.

But we also then said, let's go to the first principles and build our own quantum computer that is betting on the topological qubit.

And that's what this breakthrough is about.

We've obviously been working on this for 30 years.

I'm glad we now have the physics breakthrough and the fabrication breakthrough.

I wish we had a quantum computer because, by the way, the first thing the quantum computer will allow us to do is build quantum computers.

because it's going to be so much easier to simulate atom by atom construction of these new quantum gates, essentially.

But in any case, to me, I think the next real thing is now that we have the fabrication technique, let us go build that first fault-tolerant quantum computer.

And that'll be the logical thing.

So I would say now I can say, oh, maybe 27, 28, 29, we will be able to actually build this, right?