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IonQ (IONQ) shares rose over 4% in Thursday trading after the company said it has signed a contract to provide a Superion 256-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer to Florida International University in Miami.
The agreement marks the first sale and deployment of the Superion 256 in Florida and establishes the university as a central hub for quantum research and education in the region, the company said.
Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
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