Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture (4x16)

In this video, IonQ opens the door to dramatically more powerful quantum computers by debuting an industry first: Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture (RMQA). Underpinning the creation of RMQA is a new type of patent-pending technology: IonQ’s ion trap, called the Evaporated Glass Trap (EGT) Series. Designed at the micron level by a team led by UC Berkeley Physics PhD and ex-GTRI and -NIST researcher Jason Amini, the EGT Series offers iterative scalability and unprecedented levels of ion confinement, improved ion lifetime, and reduced ion heating. We’ve used an ultra-high-resolution camera to record four chains of 16 atomic ions simultaneously held, shuttled, split, and merged in a single ion trap. The ion chains are transported and merged into permutations of a higher-connectivity, 32-ion quantum computing core, allowing for scaling to large numbers of qubits without the fidelity loss that historically accompanies very long chains of ions. Each chain increases the quantum c