IonQ reports over 1,000 quantum entanglements per second via photonic link

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IonQ Demonstrates World-First Quantum Memory-Enhanced Interconnect for Distributed Quantum Applications

October 9, 2026 9:00 AM EDT

Photonic interconnect generates more than 1,000 quantum connections per second between a trapped ion qubit and a silicon vacancy quantum memory. That entanglement rate is fast enough to support distributed quantum computing and other use cases.

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the worlds leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced the achievement of entanglement rates above 1,000 per second (1 kHz) between a trapped ion qubit and a solid-state memory, through a photonic interconnect. Entanglement is the quantum connection that lets separate... More