A current trapped ion system from IonQ. Image: Horizon Quantum
The company, founded in 2018, builds software infrastructure that aims to empower developers to use quantum computing to solve computational problems.
Irish-founded computing company Horizon Quantum has chosen Dublin as the site for establishing a testbed for its planned second quantum computer.
The company said locating the ‘IonQ’ 256-qubit system at its European headquarters would benefit the company and the country, noting “Ireland’s growing quantum ecosystem, strong university network and robust talent pool for deep-tech development, both within the country and across the EU”, and predicting that the installation of the “frontier system” would be a “significant technology milestone for the nation, positioning Ireland to play an increasingly prominent role in frontier quantum computing”.
Horizon Quantum, founded in 2018, builds software infrastructure that aims to empower developers to use quantum computing to solve computational problems. It said that IonQ’s sixth-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion system could be among the most sophisticated quantum computers in the world.
