** Shares of quantum computing stocks surge premarket after Microsoft MSFT.O launches new quantum chip on Wednesday
** Rigetti Computing RGTI.O up 9%, D-Wave Quantum QBTS.N gains 8.9%, Quantum Corp QMCO.O up 5.5%, Quantum Computing QUBT.O climbs 10.2% and IonQ IONQ.N rises 5.1%
** MSFT shares rise 1.02%
** MSFT unveiled a new chip that it said shows quantum computing is "years, not decades" away, joining Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than recently believed
** MSFT says the Majorana 1 chip it has developed is less prone to errors than rivals
** Last month, MSFT said 2025 is the year to become "quantum-ready" in a blog post
** In 2024, QMCO shares gained 672.5%, QUBT above 1700% and RGTI over 1400%
(Reporting by Sanchayaita Roy in Bengaluru)
((sanchayaita.roy@thomsonreuters.com))
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