Developers

A curated overview of our key documentation, technical guides and educational resources for quantum developers.

Section 1:

Get Started

Welcome to your IonQ Account!

A quick tour of your new account to help you find your way around.

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

How to run your first program on IonQ cloud

Everything you need to know to get started

IonQ Staff
Read the docs

Section 2:

Learn Quantum Programming

Programming IonQ's Trapped Ion Quantum Computer

Overview of unique features of IonQ hardware and live demonstration of what we can accomplish programming IonQ hardware using Microsoft Azure

Jason Iaconis Staff Engineer in Applications Team
Watch the lecture

Hello Many Worlds in 7 Quantum Languages

You can access IonQ hardware using every major quantum framework and language

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

Section 3:

Case Studies

Picturing the Future with Quantum-Enabled Road Sign Recognition

A picture of the future of travel

IonQ Staff
Read the case study

Approaching Quantum Advantage with IonQ Quantum Computers

Learn to tackle problems using IonQ systems: image recognition and generation, multivariate data generation, speedup of Monte Carlo methods, optimization, condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry

Dr. Sonika Johri Senior Staff Scientist in Applications Team
Watch the lecture

Generative Quantum Machine Learning for Finance

A deep-dive into the world of quantum finance

Dr. Sonika Johri Senior Staff Scientist in Applications Team, Elton Zhu
Read the case study

Improving Battery Chemistry with Quantum Computing

What will the batteries of the future look like?

IonQ Staff
Read the case study

A Quantum Speedup for String Matching

A faster, memoryless technique for precise string matching

Pradeep Niroula, Yunseong Nam Quantum Theory Lead
Read the case study

Generating High Resolution Digits on Quantum Computers

IonQ's pioneering work to encode images in a quantum system

IonQ Staff
Read the case study

Quantum Copulas: Quantum Entanglement Improves Risk Assessment

Learn how quantum computers can be a powerful tool for risk analysis

Nicole Barberis Director - GTM Sales Engineering
Read the case study

Section 4:

Quantum Applications

Quantum Natural Language Processing With IonQ Hardware

How does NLP go quantum?

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

Quantum Computing 101: Introduction, Evaluation, and Applications

A guide for those just getting started exploring quantum computing technolgy and its use cases

IonQ Staff
Read the case study

Section 5:

Dive Deep Into Quantum Hardware

How Do Trapped Ion Computers Work?

A deep-dive into quantum trapped ion technology

Chris Monroe Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Watch the keynote

IonQ Aria: Past and Future

Part two of our educational series

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

IonQ Forte: The First Software-Configurable Quantum Computer

See The World's First Software-Configurable Quantum Computer

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

What is Hybrid Quantum Computing?

What does a hybrid quantum algorithm look like?

Read the guide

The Value of Classical Quantum Simulators

What is the value?

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture

Learn more about our Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture (RMQA)

Dr. Jungsang Kim Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Read the guide

Section 6:

Benchmarking Quantum Systems

IonQ Aria: Practical Performance

Part one of our educational series

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

How To Read an Algorithmic Qubits (#AQ) Chart

A guide for the perplexed

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

Algorithmic Qubits: A Better Single-Number Metric

Designing a KPI that matters for real workloads

IonQ Staff
Read the guide

Comparing Quantum Computers: Metrics and Monroney

A deep-dive into two important concepts

IonQ Staff
Read the guide