IonQ announced a landmark in fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture, presenting a fully-costed engineering plan for running Shor's algorithm on a trapped-ion quantum computer.
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“Today we announced a landmark in fault-tolerant quantum computing architecture. I think people will point back to this moment when breaking a 256-bit elliptic curve got a concrete, fully-costed engineering plan.”
— Martin Roetteler|IonQ team
Company
IonQ
The world's leading quantum platform and foundry
- Industry
- Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
- Location
- College Park, US
- Company size
- 1,394 employees
IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and foundry - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the forthcoming IonQ Tempo, will be the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Toronto, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at IonQ.com.