Quantum computing concept. Digital communication network. Technological abstract.

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IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) shares popped 2% Thursday morning after the company, along with partner Ansys (NASDAQ:ANSS), demonstrated quantum computing outperforming classical computing when designing key life-saving medical devices.

Ansys leveraged IonQ’s quantum computing tech to simulate blood pump dynamics on LS-DYNA