IonQ Speeds Engineering Simulations by 14.6% With 150-Qubit Hybrid Quantum Workflow
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Updated · ionq.com · Sep 17
IonQ Speeds Engineering Simulations by 14.6% With 150-Qubit Hybrid Quantum Workflow
2 articles · Updated · ionq.com · Sep 17
Summary
IonQ said its quantum-enhanced engineering workflow cut total simulation times by 5.9% to 14.6%, trimming about one day from a seven-day supercomputer run for complex industrial models.
The gain came from embedding a quantum algorithm into Synopsys software to optimize how massive equation systems are organized, reducing unnecessary calculations that typically consume memory and extend runtimes.
Tests covered digital models of an automobile, drill component, fluid impeller and jet engine assembly, using meshes of up to 35 million data points; simulations ran on up to 150 qubits and were validated on IonQ's 36-qubit Forte system.
The paper won a first-place best paper award at IEEE Quantum Week 2026, where IonQ said nine of its research papers were accepted, underscoring its push to show near-term industrial uses for hybrid quantum computing.