Microsoft will build the first quantum supercomputer within the next 10 years

The next step is to build shielded hardware cubits, Svore said. They will be small and fast to perform 1-qubit operations in less than a microsecond.

Although some goals need to be met first, Microsoft's vice president of quantum development Krysta Svore said the company believes it will take less than 10 years to build a quantum supercomputer that can perform 1 million quantum operations per second.

Last year Microsoft announced a major breakthrough when its teams said they could create qubits based on Majorana. These cubes have the advantage of being very stable compared to traditional techniques but they are also very difficult to create.

The next step is to build shielded hardware cubits, Svore said. They will be small and fast to perform 1-qubit operations in less than a microsecond.

Microsoft's agenda is extremely ambitious considering how long it took the company to reach its first goal. IBM, IonQ and several other companies are working in this industry as well.