Forschungszentrum Jülich and eleQtron launch JION trapped-ion quantum computer
Forschungszentrum Jülich and eleQtron have launched JION, a new trapped-ion quantum computer located at the research centre in North Rhine-Westphalia. The installation adds a trapped-ion system to the centre's quantum computing resources.
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What this could mean
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JION could give researchers at Jülich and partner institutions direct access to a trapped-ion architecture for benchmarking algorithms and error mitigation against superconducting machines.
The system has been installed at a major research centre with an existing user programme, so ordinary engineering and scheduling could translate the launch into regular experimental access within two years; trapped-ion connectivity and error profiles differ enough from superconducting qubits to make comparative studies valuable.
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