IonQ announced a groundbreaking milestone with Ansys, a leader in the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) industry, that shows quantum computing outperforming classical computing when designing important life-saving medical devices.

One of the first Ansys LS-DYNA applications explored with IonQ simulates blood pump dynamics to optimize design and improve efficiency by analyzing fluid interactions within medical devices. By running the application on IonQ's quantum computers, Ansys was able to speed processing performance by up to 12 percent compared to classical computing in the tests.

"This demonstration is a significant achievement for IonQ and the quantum computing industry as a whole," said Niccolo de Masi, President and CEO, IonQ. "We're showcasing one of the first cases ever where quantum computing is outperforming key classical methods, demonstrating real-world improvements for practical applications that will grow as our quantum hardware advances."

By leveraging IonQ's production quantum computer - IonQ Forte - the hybrid workflow for blood pump design successfully handled up to 2.6 million vertices and 40 million edges - demonstrating a significant improvement in time to solve complex simulations.

The collaboration between IonQ and Ansys underscores the important role of quantum computing in improving mainstream engineering workflows, showcasing how quantum-accelerated high-performance computing can deliver real-world impact today.

Underlying this achievement is a versatile quantum optimization method pioneered by IonQ, which can also be applied to other industrial applications such as automotive safety, logistics & supply chain optimization, job shop scheduling, portfolio optimization, and many more.