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CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- World-Leading High-Performance Quantum Computing Software Development Toolkit

now fully open-sourced providing resources to a global ecosystem

Cambridge Quantum (https://cambridgequantum.com/ ) (CQ) is pleased to announce

that the latest version (v.0.15) of TKET (pronounced "ticket"), our class

leading high-performance hardware-agnostic quantum software development kit, is

now completely open-source and immediately available for all to use without

restrictions.

Ilyas Khan, CEO of CQ, commented, "We first announced that TKET would be

available on an 'open-access' basis earlier this year, with a commitment to

become fully open-sourced by the end of 2021. During that period, a global

community of software developers embraced and adopted our class leading product

that delivers the best possible performance, whilst utilising existing

platforms such as Qiskit and Cirq, as well as the largest collection of quantum

processors available. The growth of the global TKET community has been

astonishing and I am so pleased that we can now complete this part of our

journey."

Dr. Ross Duncan, Head of Software at CQ added, "Minimising gate count and

execution time are very important in this Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum

(NISQ) era. TKET combines high-level hardware-agnostic optimisation for quantum

circuits with target specific compilation passes for the chosen quantum device.

This helps quantum computing users move seamlessly between quantum platforms,

while maintaining consistent high performance. Users need only to focus on

developing their quantum applications, not rewriting code around the

idiosyncrasies of any particular hardware. At the same time, we help quantum

computing hardware companies ensure that they can get the best performance from

their processors."

Open-sourcing permits for more transparency of the code, easier reporting of

issues and more robust integrations. The rapidly growing quantum software

community will now be able to make their own contributions or take inspiration

and develop their own extensions to the codebase under the permissive Apache

2.0 license.

This development follows the open-sourcing of extensions which began in Version

0.8; extensions are Python modules which enable TKET to work with different

quantum devices and simulators, and provide integration with other quantum

software tools. Extensions are available for all the main quantum hardware and

software platforms. You can learn more about these details in our documentation

and tutorials (https://github.com/CQCL/tket ) on GitHub.

About Cambridge Quantum

Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing

companies, CQ is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms,

enabling clients to achieve the most out of rapidly evolving quantum computing

hardware. CQ has offices in Europe, USA, and Japan. On 8th June 2021, CQ

announced a merger with Honeywell Quantum Solutions which is expected to close

in Q4 2021. For more information, visit CQ at http://www.cambridgequantum.com

and on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/21661539/ ). Access the

source code for TKET, Python bindings and utilities on GitHub

(https://github.com/CQCL/tket ).

SOURCE  Cambridge Quantum