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Intel Releases Quantum Software Development Kit Version 1.0 to Grow Developer Ecosystem
Intel Quantum SDK is a full quantum computing stack in simulation that offers a customizable development environment for a broad range of developers. SANTA
About this update from Intel Corporation
[{"type":"text","content":"\nIntel Quantum SDK is a full quantum computing stack in simulation that offers a customizable development environment for a broad range of developers.\n\n SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWhat’s New: After launching its beta version in September 2022, Intel today released version 1.0 of the Intel® Quantum Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK is a full quantum computer in simulation that can also interface with Intel’s quantum hardware, including Intel’s Horse Ridge II control chip and Intel’s quantum spin qubit chip when it becomes available this year. The kit allows developers to program quantum algorithms in simulation, and it features an intuitive programming interface written in C++ using an industry-standard low-level virtual machine (LLVM) compiler toolchain. As a result, Intel’s SDK offers seamless interfacing with C/C++ and Python applications, making it more versatile and customizable.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230228005657/en/A photo shows Intel’s fully processed 300-millimeter silicon spin qubit wafer. (Credit: Intel Corporation)\n“The Intel Quantum SDK helps programmers get ready for future large-scale commercial quantum computers. It will not only help developers learn how to create quantum algorithms and applications in simulation, but it will also advance the industry by creating a community of developers that will accelerate the development of applications, so they are ready when Intel’s quantum hardware becomes available.”\n\n–Anne Matsuura, director of Quantum Applications & Architecture, Intel Labs\n\nAbout the Intel Quantum SDK 1.0: Version 1.0 of the SDK includes an intuitive programming interface based on C++, providing a programming language that’s familiar to classical computing developers, enabling collaboration between them and quantum developers. The kit also features a quantum runtime environment optimized for executing hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. Developers have the choice of two target backends for simulating qubits to either represent a higher number of generic qubits or Intel hardware.\n\nThe first backend is a high-performance open-source generic qubit simulator, Intel® Quantum Simulator (IQS). IQS has a backend capable of 32 qubits on a single node and more than 40 qubits on multiple nodes. Th...