Quantinuum Demonstrates 99.9995% Logical Memory Fidelity on Helios Trapped-Ion Processor

Exponential error suppression with distance scaling on trapped-ion processor and neural network-based real-time decoders successfully demonstrated.

19.10.2026
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Quantinuum reported quantum error correction performance on the commercial Helios trapped-ion quantum computer, achieving 99.9995% logical memory fidelity with a logical error rate of 5 × 10⁻⁶ (distance-7 code). Using triangular color codes, the work demonstrated exponential error suppression with code distance (Λ = 12) and is aligned with the performance targets of the Apollo universal error-tolerant system aimed for 2029.

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