IonQ, CMC Microsystems Team Up to Broaden Quantum Computing Access in Canada

“Innovation moves faster when researchers and businesses can work with frontier quantum computing systems,” said Lisa Lambert, vice president of global strategy and managing director of IonQ Canada. “The FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox expands access to IonQ’s commercial technology so more Canadian researchers and businesses can start building quantum expertise and real capability now.”

The partnership is designed to help researchers and companies move beyond experimenting with quantum technology toward developing practical applications.

“This is FABrIC’s mandate in action: pairing a leading commercial quantum computing platform with the expertise to use it, so Canadian innovators can move from access to application,” said Gordon Harling, CEO of CMC Microsystems.

CMC Microsystems has managed federal and provincial investments supporting research and technology commercialization in Canada for more than four decades. Its programs are designed to strengthen the country’s high-tech ecosystem by connecting researchers and companies with advanced technologies and infrastructure.

The agreement expands IonQ’s presence in Canada while providing the country’s research and business communities with additional opportunities to develop expertise in commercial quantum computing.