IonQ believes this can scale qubit count into the triple digits on a single chip, as well as future Parallel Multicore Quantum Processing Units.

This demonstration was achieved on a technological platform recently added to IonQ's intellectual property warchest, called Evaporated Glass Traps (EGTs). Developed by an IonQ team led by UC Berkeley Physics PhD and ex-GTRI and -NIST researcher Jason Amini, the EGT platform offers an unprecedented level of performance and is a crucial part of IonQ's roadmap to rapid scalability and increased computing power.

"The Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture marks a key milestone for IonQ and for the quantum computing industry in general," remarked IonQ President and CEO Peter Chapman. "RMQA is a critical enabler of our ability to scale qubit density and deliver the computational power projected in our roadmap. We're very proud of the team at IonQ that has achieved a powerful platform for scalability and control in a single technical breakthrough."