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Aria* quantum computer contains 20 algorithmic qubits, runs 550 gates, compared to dozen.

Updated: Mar 23, 2022

The new hardware/software release working with Microsoft Azure cloud can run up to 550 gates on Aria - compared to other Universal Quantum computers running a dozen.


The newly minted IonQ Aria QC has a miniaturized "deck of cards" trap and vacuum chamber package that contains 20 algorithmic qubits, a stable and small form factor.



"As seen in the chart above, IonQ Aria is able to successfully execute quantum circuits containing more than 550 gates, as compared to the superconducting systems that can only execute circuits containing dozens. This enables IonQ to greatly exceed peers in practical uses of quantum algorithms.

“Having an #AQ of 20 means one can execute a reference quantum circuit over 20 qubits that contain over 400 entangling gate operations and expect the results to be correct with meaningful confidence,” said Jungsang Kim, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. “Using IonQ Aria, we have executed a half dozen different quantum algorithms that were identified by QED-C to be of practical interest to the quantum industry. We are extremely excited to share the news about the level of quantum computation that can be successfully executed on IonQ Aria, which far exceeds anything publicly available in the market today.”

“We’ve always said that IonQ is going to be as much a software company as a hardware company in the future. We've put this into practice by optimally reconfiguring our hardware for a spectrum of algorithms and running the same algorithm in different ways to mitigate errors, all through automated software.” said co-founder and Chief Scientist Christopher Monroe.

IonQ intends to submit the benchmarking data and the techniques behind them to a peer-reviewed journal in the coming months. IonQ also plans to discuss #AQ at upcoming conferences, such as Quantum Information Processing (QIP) to be held in March 2022.

An earlier instance of IonQ Aria was demonstrated to be the most powerful quantum computer on the market in an independent industry-wide benchmarking study performed in summer 2021. Since then, it has already outperformed its past achievements with more growth potential in store. IonQ Aria is currently used in commercial applications, such as IonQ’s partnerships with customers in automotive to explore more efficient battery chemistry and financial services to understand correlations in the stock market, and access will be rolled out to more customers in the coming months."


Read the press release here:

COLLEGE PARK, MD — FEBRUARY 23, 2022


*In Persian, Aria is a gender-neutral name that means "noble." In Greek mythology, Aria is a woman in Crete who, with Apollo, bore a son named Miletos. Aria is also the name of a Roman martyr about whom very little is known. Origin: Aria has origins in Greek, Latin, and Persian.


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