Perspective (1,000-qubit multi-core system)

Raveh Neeman

doi:10.5281/zenodo.22674814

Quantum Art · trapped ions · ANNOUNCED (in development; no delivery date) (2026) · qubits not published · access: not disclosed (the QaaS launch belongs to the Montage row)

architecture: Trapped ions — linear Paul trap with individual laser addressing · Open on the map

Register profile — the machine's variant of its architecture

qubit type: ion species undisclosed

gate mechanism: multi-qubit optical gates within a core (company direction); mechanism undisclosed

connectivity: 2-D trapped-ion architecture, multi-core modularity; inter-core link mechanism undisclosed

control: undisclosed

control placement: undisclosed

readout: fluorescence

gate evidence: no published figure

flags: specification absent

Technologies by layer — the machine's cell per layer

1 Qubit carrier	Trapped atomic ion · primary ▣ Fig. 1 (architecture: RF-trapped ion crystal segmented by dynamic optical potentials); Fig. 4 (N=231 ions in S=6 cells) ✅ ion species undisclosed; 1,000-qubit multi-core system 'in development' (Apr 2026)
2 Encoding	Hyperfine / clock-state qubit · primary ◌ 🔎 hyperfine assumed by family; ion species undisclosed
3 Gate mechanism	Mølmer–Sørensen / light-shift laser gate · primary ▤ §VI Parallel multi-qubit logic and crosstalk mitigation; Fig. 7 (crosstalk mitigation vs optical trapping potential) ✅ multi-qubit optical gates within a core (company direction); gate mechanism and fidelities undisclosed
4 Connectivity / transport	Ion-chain motional bus (all-to-all in chain) · primary ▣ Fig. 1 (optically segmented crystal, cells as near-independent registers); §II Proposed architecture ✅ 2-D trapped-ion architecture 'to overcome the connectivity and scaling limitations common in linear trap designs'; multi-core modularity — undisclosed — exists, nothing published ▤ §II Proposed architecture (connectivity by rapidly reconfiguring optical potentials; B_A/B_B barrier ions swap roles) ✅ inter-core link across cores, mechanism undisclosed
5 Control	— undisclosed — exists, nothing published ▤ §II Proposed architecture (local and global driving fields implement U_{s,n}); Fig. 1 ✅ control stack undisclosed
6 Readout	Fluorescence state detection (ions, defects) · primary ▣ Fig. 8 (mid-circuit measurement protocol schematic); §VII Mid-circuit measurements ✅ fluorescence (family-determined)
7 Code	— none — nothing in this layer ▣ Fig. 3 (quantum error correction code on an optically segmented ion-crystal); §III Application demonstrations ✅ no QEC code disclosed; none
8 Decoder	— none — nothing in this layer ▨ 🔎 no decoder; none
9 Interconnect	— undisclosed — exists, nothing published ▤ §II Proposed architecture (segmentation reconfigured by swapping confinement of barrier ions) ✅ inter-core link mechanism undisclosed
10 Manufacturing	Ion-trap fabrication (surface-electrode chips; machined 3D blade traps) · primary ◌ 🔎 trap fabrication undisclosed; surface-electrode trap assumed by family

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