E100 - Will quantum computers grow as networks? — October 18, 2026

Brian Lampert asks whether the big quantum computer will be a network, examining IonQ's above-1 kHz barium-ion to diamond memory link through three modular scaling arguments and what fidelity questions remain.

IonQ Demonstrates World-First Quantum Memory-Enhanced Interconnect for Distributed Quantum Applications — Business Wire

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:40 IonQ says the network is the computer

01:58 Niccolo de Masi: networked data centers

03:07 Chris Monroe on photon-mediated links

04:29 Mihir Bhaskar on memory-enhanced links

05:44 Hype Check on IonQ's link rate

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