IonQ's Ion Trap Quantum Computer Now Available on the Google Cloud

IonQ's 11 qubit ion trap quantum computer is now available to the public on the Google Cloud beating out Google's own superconducting quantum computer which is still in a private beta mode. Current Google Cloud customers will be able to access the IonQ machine through the Google Cloud Marketplace using their existing accounts. We had described a week ago how IonQ's ion trap architecture was being supported by Google's Cirq and now we have a better idea of why. It also may be interesting to note that one of IonQ's early investors was GV, Google's venture capital arm. IonQ's machine can also be programmed with IBM's Qiskit, Xanadu's Penny Lane, and CQC's tket. Their 11 qubit machine is now available through three of the major cloud vendors including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Braket, and now Google Cloud as well as through direct API access. IonQ has also developed a larger 32 qubit machine and we expect they will make this available to their cloud partners later this year. For more details on this announcement, you can read a news release posted on the IonQ website here and a Getting Started Guide here.

June 17, 2021