IonQ Achieves Milestone One Year Ahead of Schedule

Quantum computing company IonQ reported that it has hit a target milestone of 35 algorithmic qubits a year ahead of schedule. IonQ’s systems are now capable of new tasks in quantum machine learning and quantum chemistry. The milestone was achieved on the trapped ion-based IonQ Forte platform through hardware and software improvements, including increased qubit count, improved optical detection hardware, and an optimized quantum program compiler.