Cambridge Quantum's TKET is Now Open-Sourced
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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
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