U.S. PNNL and Microsoft Quantum Collaborating on Quantum Circuit Links to Supercomputers

A bridge to the quantum revolution When reliable qubit-based calculating devices arrive on the computing scene, they will not stand alone. They will need to cooperate with current scientific computing resources to reach their fullest potential. Now, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) computer scientists and the Microsoft Quantum team have taken a major step in that […]

Q# Developers: Introducing Quantum Intermediate Representation

Q#Q#Q# Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q# Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q#Q# Introducing Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR) Points to note… +  QIR is a new Microsoft-developed intermediate representation for quantum programs. It is based on the popular open-source LLVM intermediate language. QIR specifies a set of rules for representing quantum constructs in LLVM. It does not require any extensions or modifications to LLVM. QIR […]

India’s Quantum Computing Workforce Getting Microsoft Training for 900 Academics

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] India’s Quantum Computing Workforce Getting Microsoft Training for 900 Academics New Microsoft program to help develop the quantum computing workforce of the future in India New Delhi, August 24, 2020: Microsoft is creating a new program to build quantum computing skills and capabilities in the academic community in India. As part of this initiative, […]

Silq: Much Ado About This Quantum Computing Programming Language

Silq: Much Ado About This Quantum Computing Programming Language Silq is a new high-level programming language for quantum computers Read More… +  Quantum computing hardware continues to improve to the point where we may actually see real-world use cases in the next few years and so it’s probably no surprise that we are also seeing […]

Basic 101 Way to Start Your Quantum Computing Week

Basic 101 Way to Start Your Quantum Computing Week It has been quite a while since The Qubit Report reiterated the need to rewind and review the basic 101 of quantum computing. Recently, Microsoft placed some updates to their Microsoft Quantum site. Recommend taking a look at the source, below. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit […]

Microsoft Q# Advent Calendar:  Spirited & Seasonal Reading on All Things Quantum

Microsoft Q# Advent Calendar:  Spirited & Seasonal Reading on All Things Quantum …ahhhh re-running content is not good, unless it’s pertinent in some fashion.  This will be run and re-run through Christmas… Because Quantum (and Santa) is Coming.  Qubit. Q# Advent Calendar 2019 Excerpts and salient points ~ +  It’s December and that means it’s […]

Benchmarking Quantum Computers. Are These Devices Ready to Go Beyond Supremacy?

Benchmarking Quantum Computers. Are These Devices Ready to Go Beyond Supremacy? Simulating quantum many-body dynamics on a current digital quantum computer Selected notes ~ +  Universal quantum computers are potentially an ideal setting for simulating many-body quantum dynamics that is out of reach for classical digital computers. We use state-of-the-art IBM quantum computers to study […]