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The Microsoft found a way to non-destructively measure the existence of this single electron in microseconds, and change the orientation of the Majorana zero modes.
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John Koetsier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
When a character on the character chain aligned with a column that was supposed to contain that character, the electromagnetic hammer for that column would actuate, pounding the paper through the ink tape and into the character in 11 microseconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2017
The transmitter skips between bands every 2 to 3 microseconds, with the receiver comparing the phase differences at each step.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2016
This in turn led to a host of improvements, such as the ability for the qubits to stay in superposition for nearly 100 microseconds, roughly five times better than Google’s previous generation of quantum processors, Sycamore.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
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John Koetsier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
When a character on the character chain aligned with a column that was supposed to contain that character, the electromagnetic hammer for that column would actuate, pounding the paper through the ink tape and into the character in 11 microseconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2017
The transmitter skips between bands every 2 to 3 microseconds, with the receiver comparing the phase differences at each step.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2016
This in turn led to a host of improvements, such as the ability for the qubits to stay in superposition for nearly 100 microseconds, roughly five times better than Google’s previous generation of quantum processors, Sycamore.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd 
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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