We have crossed a pivotal milestone: achieving entanglement rates above 1,000 per second (1 kHz) between a trapped ion qubit and a solid-state quantum memory, using a memory-enhanced photonic interconnect. Entanglement is the means by which separate quantum systems work together, and is the essential resource for networking quantum computers. IonQ's technology also interfaces with almost any qubit type, which has the potential to unlock a wide range of opportunities across multiple hardware modalities—from modular computing to networked sensing and beyond. Read the announcement → Read the full paper → #IonQ #QuantumIsNow #QuantumNetworking #QuantumSensing #QuantumEcosystem 📷 ↧ ↧ IonQ IonQ Achieves Record 1 kHz Quantum Interconnect Speed IonQ achieves a record 1 kHz quantum interconnect rate between a trapped ion qubit and quantum memory, advancing scalable distributed quantum computing. Quantum Networking at the Speed of Quantum Computation: Kilohertz E... Distributed quantum computing requires rapid, high-fidelity entanglement between qubits in separate processor modules. Photonic links between single-atom qubits provide switchable, long-range connections, but photon loss limits their entanglement rate. Here we entangle a trapped $^{138}$Ba$^{+}$ ion with a silicon-vacancy (SiV$^{-}$) center in a...