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IonQ Demonstrates 1 kHz Memory-Enhanced Quantum Interconnect Connecting Trapped ...
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Fusion42 · 9 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
IonQ demonstrated the fastest heralded photonic quantum interconnect at 1.032 kHz linking trapped 138 Ba+ ion qubits and diamond silicon-vacancy quantum memories, improving entanglement rates by four times using a novel memory-assisted architecture. The company also developed a scalable diamond thin-film fabrication process with AWS and Element Six, advancing industrial scalability of solid-state quantum memories.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 2 sources have reported it.
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Your quantum hardware just hit a new speed record for linking trapped ions with solid-state memories, opening a direct path to making large-scale, distributed quantum computers feasible sooner. You need to test if integrating similar memory-enhanced photonic interconnects can break your network speed limits today.
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