IonQ | IonQ Achieves Record 1 kHz Quantum Interconnect Speed
IonQ reported a quantum interconnect linking a trapped-ion qubit to a quantum memory at 1 kHz, which the company says is a record rate for such a link. The demonstration is aimed at enabling separate trapped-ion processors to exchange quantum information for distributed quantum computing.
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What this could mean
- 0–2 yearsPlausible
Within two years, IonQ could use this memory-enhanced interconnect to demonstrate a logical qubit spanning two trapped-ion modules, a step toward scaling beyond single-trap limits.
A 1 kHz entanglement rate is high enough to attempt repeated syndrome cycles on a small logical qubit over a modular link, provided the link fidelity is above error-correction thresholds and the memory coherence is sufficient.
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