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Microsoft Opens up Its Azure Quantum Platform for Public Preview
Announced at Ignite 2019, Azure Quantum is a full-stack, cloud ecosystem enabling access to diverse quantum hardware and software. Aimed at developers, researchers, and customers, Azure Quantum is now in public preview.
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Microsoft Introduces Its Quantum Intermediate Representation
Based on LLVM, IBM Quantum Intermediate Representation (QIR) extends LLVM IR to better suit the representation of quantum constructs.
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Microsoft Quantum Development Kit Goes Open Source
Microsoft has recently made its Quantum Development Kit (QDK) open source in an effort to make “quantum computing and algorithm development easier and more transparent for developers”, Microsoft says. Microsoft QDK includes the Q# compiler, quantum libraries, and the quantum simulator.
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Microsoft Open-Sources Q#, its Language for Quantum Computing
At its Build 2019 conference, Microsoft announced it will open-source parts of its Quantum Developer Kit, including the Q# compiler and quantum simulators, this summer on GitHub.
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Microsoft Quantum Katas Help Developers Discover Quantum Computing with Q#
Based on the idea of code katas, Microsoft has open-sourced a new project called Quantum Katas, that aims to help developers move their first steps in quantum computing using the Q# language. Quantum Katas are a set of programming exercises of growing complexity that provide immediate feedback to learners.
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Microsoft Opens Its Quantum Development Kit to macOS and Linux
After making its Quantum Development Kit available to developers last December, Microsoft is now announcing its first major update, including support for macOS and Linux, interoperability with Python, and more.