IonQ has announced a strategic partnership with Canadian Microelectronics Corporation, operating as CMC Microsystems. The collaboration officially integrates IonQ’s commercial trapped-ion quantum computing hardware into Canada’s FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox (QCS).
The joint venture operates under a newly executed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), designating IonQ as an authorized cloud quantum access provider for the QCS infrastructure. Administered by CMC Microsystems, the FABrIC program receives financial backing from the Government of Canada’s Strategic Response Fund (SRF). The national initiative focuses on accelerating the domestic semiconductor and quantum sectors by delivering engineering assistance and cloud-based quantum access to Canadian academic institutions and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs).
Expanding Domestic Access to Advanced Quantum Architectures
By connecting Canadian researchers and commercial developers directly to IonQ‘s trapped-ion hardware, the partnership aims to lower barriers to entry for advanced quantum experimentation. The integration enables local organizations to build proprietary quantum algorithms, accelerate commercialization timelines, and strengthen Canada’s position in global quantum technology development.
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“Innovation moves faster when researchers and businesses can work with frontier quantum computing systems,” said Lisa Lambert, Vice President, Global Strategy & Managing Director, Canada at IonQ. “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.”
“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. “That’s the outcome FABrIC was built to deliver.”