Breaking Ground in Quantum Computing: QSA’s Trapped-Ion Advances
LBNL QSA reported advances in trapped-ion technology for quantum computing.
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LBNL QSA reported advances in trapped-ion technology for quantum computing.
Quantinuum and Oracle reported progress in their joint effort by granting initial user access to Helios for hybrid quantum-AI tasks.
Quantinuum reported five logical errors per million operations using error correction on its Helios system.
Researchers extended molecular dynamics simulations to model electromagnetically induced transparency cooling of two- and three-dimensional ion crystals in Penning traps.
Quantinuum reported demonstrations of quantum error correction codes and logical computations with declining error rates.
IonQ researchers achieved up to 74 times faster Clifford gates and 5 times faster Toffoli gates with an improved qLDPC error-correction approach.
DARPA selected IonQ for the final phase of its QBI program and will test the company's quantum computers through 2029 under an agreement worth up to 300 million dollars.
IonQ filed an 8-K form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A journal article reports coupling free electrons to a trapped-ion quantum computer.
Quantinuum reported simulation of nuclear magnetic resonance on a quantum computer.
Quantinuum released results from an independent study comparing its performance to superconducting systems on operations for fault tolerance.
Quantinuum held its first InQuanto Summer School with the UK National Quantum Computing Centre, after which participants applied concepts to molecular electronic structure and state-preparation circuits.
Quantinuum posted a newsroom item on the Quantum World Congress 2026.
IonQ published highlights from its 2026 Investor Day on innovation, manufacturing and scaling.
IonQ presented quantum change detection applied to satellite radar data.
Quantinuum published a guide on selecting quantum computing solutions.
IonQ published an analysis of post-quantum cryptography migration timelines from regulators, adversaries, vendors and execution.
IonQ and partners presented 10 peer-reviewed papers at the IEEE QCE26 conference and received 4 medals.
IonQ filed Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Quantinuum will present its quantum hardware, software and partnerships at IEEE Quantum Week 2026.
Qedma, BlueQubit and RIKEN published a paper on quantum magnetism whose results exceed those of the classical methods examined and were checked on Quantinuum’s Helios and H2 systems.
Quantinuum announced Helix, an architecture for enterprise-scale fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Quantinuum published a newsroom article on criteria for a computer to qualify as quantum.
Sandia National Laboratories, collaborating with Quantinuum and NVIDIA, unveiled QUOPS as a standardized way to gauge quantum system performance regardless of the underlying design.
IonQ filed a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
IonQ published a compiled resource estimate for a quantum attack on 256-bit elliptic-curve signatures down to error-correction primitives.
Quantinuum filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Quantinuum published a roadmap for quantum maturity.
IonQ reported a platform-based method to address difficulties in Trotter approximations during quantum chemistry calculations.
SoftBank Corp and Quantinuum described approaches to structuring the path from quantum roadmaps to value.
Quantinuum published Q2B 2024: The Roadmap to Quantum Value on its newsroom site.
Quantinuum released work on teaching AI with quantum data.
IonQ published a statement on executive orders advancing quantum technology from research to applications.
Quantinuum published an article on implications of a larger quantum Fourier transform.
Quantinuum opened applications for its SG Grand Challenge 2026 on practical quantum computing uses.
Quantinuum and NVIDIA validated a generative quantum AI framework for pharmaceutical research and development.