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Wedbush称，IonQ推进量子路线图，转向工程执行。

-- Wedbush Securities周四在一份报告中指出，IonQ (IONQ)发布了一份详细的技术蓝图，这标志着量子计算领域正朝着“工程执行”的方向发展。 该券商表示，这份于周三发布的“工程路线图”详细阐述了通过集成硬件、纠错和模块化控制系统来扩展“容错量子计算”的“具体”路径。 报告指出，这一公告标志着该行业的一次重大转变，将核心问题从“是否可能”实现如此强大的机器转变为“如何”以及“何时”建造它们。 过去，怀疑论者认为容错需要“数百万个物理量子比特”，这使得实际应用案例的实现遥遥无期。然而，报告补充道，IonQ近期取得的里程碑式进展，包括99.99%的双量子比特保真度和“可靠的离子运动”，表明时间线“比怀疑论者预想的要快得多”。 业内人士现在认为，曾经被认为需要“15年以上”才能实现的商业量子应用，现在可能在几年内就能实现。这种加速发展预计将对行业估值、政府资助以及企业采用速度产生“重大影响”。 Wedbush 对 IonQ 的评级为“跑赢大盘”，目标价为 60 美元。

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