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Evaluating cat qubits for fault-tolerant quantum computing using Azure Quantum Resource Estimator

June 19, 2024 Jun 19, 2024 06/19/24

Introduction This blog post highlights a recent collaboration between Microsoft and Alice & Bob, a French startup whose goal is to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer by leveraging a superconducting qubit called a cat qubit. In this collaboration, Alice & Bob uses the new extensibility mechanisms of Microsoft’s Resource ...

Circuit Diagrams with Q#

May 20, 2024 May 20, 2024 05/20/24

Mine Starks

If you’ve been exploring quantum programming using Q#, you may have been thinking, “This language is great and so easy to use! But what about visual learners?” I’m a software engineer in the Azure Quantum Development Kit team, and I’m very excited to share a new feature I’ve been working on: circuit visualization in Q#. One ...

Announcing v1.0 of the Azure Quantum Development Kit

January 12, 2024 Jan 12, 2024 01/12/24

Bill Ticehurst

Today we are excited to announce the 1.0 release of the Azure Quantum Development Kit, which we often refer to simply as "the QDK". As outlined in an earlier blog post, this is a significant re-write over the prior QDK with an emphasis on speed, simplicity, and a delightful experience. Review that post for the technical details on how we ...

Azure Quantum Integrated Hybrid unlocks algorithmic primitives

October 19, 2023 Oct 19, 2023 10/19/23

Martin Roetteler

To build a quantum supercomputer that can solve the world’s hardest and most complex problems in chemistry and materials science, several key ingredients need to come together. First, today’s foundational-level quantum machines need to be scaled up to a size of at least one million stable and controllable qubits. These are the table stakes...

Introducing the Azure Quantum Development Kit Preview

September 19, 2023 Sep 19, 2023 09/19/23

Bill Ticehurst

100x faster, 100x smaller, and it runs in the browser! The Azure Quantum team is excited to announce the initial preview of the new Azure Quantum Development Kit (or QDK for short). This has been entirely rebuilt using a new codebase on a new technology stack, and this blog post outlines the why, the how, and some of the benefits of doing so...

Mentoring capstone projects at the University of Washington

September 6, 2023 Sep 6, 2023 09/6/23

Mariia Mykhailova, Wim van Dam, Mathias Soeken

In this blog post we share our experience of mentoring two capstone projects as part of the "Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies" program at the University of Washington.

Azure Quantum introduces sessions to accelerate your research with variational algorithms

April 24, 2023 Apr 24, 2023 04/24/23

Lucas Enloe

To take full advantage of an Interactive Hybrid architecture, many popular algorithms such as the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) and the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) require tight integration between the cloud provider and the quantum hardware manufacturer. (image) Today, Azure Quantum is ...

Azure Quantum unlocks the next generation of Hybrid Quantum Computing

March 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 03/8/23

Fabrice Frachon

Today, Microsoft announced a significant quantum advancement and made our new Integrated Hybrid feature in Azure Quantum available to the public. Quantum computing is inherently hybrid. The key to unlocking impactful, commercial applications at scale will be deep integration between classical computing capabilities including HPC and AI with...

Azure Quantum Winter Learning Opportunities

January 10, 2023 Jan 10, 2023 01/10/23

Matt Zanner (HE/HIM)

Want to pursue your interests in quantum computing? Start today and sign up for great winter learning opportunities with Azure Quantum.

Developing and using Azure Quantum assignments for quantum computing courses

December 20, 2022 Dec 20, 2022 12/20/22

Hal Owens

In this blog post Hal Owens writes about his internship project at Microsoft Quantum - developing quantum programming assignments with Q# and bringing them to the classroom at Purdue.

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