• Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

April 17, 2026 3:30 PM - April 17, 2026 4:30 PM
PAIS 1100

Host:

Ivan Deutsch

Presenter:

Dr. David Hayes (Quantinuum)

Video Recording

Quantinuum is building trapped-ion based quantum computers, and recently released its third generation commercial device. In this talk, I will review the current generation's architecture - including some of the infrastructure to run the computer, the ion-trap geometry and concept of operations, software advances, and some performance metrics. Additionally, I will discuss some initial technology demonstrations that include quantum simulation experiments, cryptographic protocols, and advances in quantum error detection and correction. Finally, I will discuss what the newest generation implies about the path toward large scale quantum computers.