- High-performance Q-SDK t|ket> now enables researchers to execute circuits on 
Amazon Braket and IonQ, develop quantum applications on Windows

IEEE QCE20 Quantum Week ¨C Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC 
[https://cambridgequantum.com/]) today announced the latest version of t|ket> 
(pronounced "ticket"), its high-performance quantum software development kit 
(Q-SDK), which now enables quantum circuit execution on Amazon Braket, a fully 
managed quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and IonQ 
quantum computers as well as application development on the Windows operating 
system.

The t|ket> Q-SDK is designed to maximize the performance of quantum algorithms 
when executing on quantum computing hardware, and to accelerate the development 
of quantum computing applications across multiple industry sectors. The latest 
version extends the number of supported quantum hardware devices while 
enhancing circuit optimization and noise mitigation.

Originally developed and continuously updated by CQC's distinguished team of 
quantum computing scientists, t|ket> enables researchers, algorithm designers 
and software developers to build and execute quantum circuits that attain the 
best results on the most advanced quantum devices available. t|ket> translates 
machine-independent algorithms into executable circuits, optimizing the 
physical qubit layout while reducing the number of required operations.

t|ket> works across virtually all quantum hardware devices and quantum 
programming languages and can be easily migrated between devices by changing 
just a single line of code to connect devices across a developer's research 
program. The Q-SDK is used by many quantum hardware providers as well as major 
companies worldwide. 

Following are details on the new features included in the 0.6 version of t|ket> 
:

- Extends the number of supported devices, simulators and development 
frameworks. Quantum researchers and developers can now test their applications 
on multiple high-performance simulators and, when ready, execute their circuit 
on quantum devices of choice via Amazon Braket, including IonQ and Rigetti. The 
latest version of t|ket> also features direct support for IonQ trapped-ion 
quantum computers in addition to its existing support for devices from IBM, 
Honeywell, Rigetti and AQT.

- Enhances circuit optimization and noise mitigation techniques developed from 
proprietary research, including Cambridge Quantum Computing's extensive 
research on ZX Calculus. This feature set allows t|ket> developers to optimize 
large circuits for general purpose quantum algorithms. 

- Extends operating systems support. Users can now choose to develop quantum 
applications on their framework of choice -- Microsoft Windows, Linux or Apple 
macOS.

- Improves support for Qiskit, IBM's open-source framework for quantum 
computing. Quantum application developers can use high-level quantum libraries 
which provide cross-domain algorithms upon which domain-specific applications 
can be built, dramatically reducing development time.

"These enhancements to t|ket> will enable our Fortune 500 customers and others 
to tackle problems as diverse as carbon capture, materials science and 
mathematical optimization across multiple platforms seamlessly," said CEO Ilyas 
Khan of Cambridge Quantum Computing. "t|ket>'s state-of-the-art qubit placement 
and routing protocol ensures they will achieve valuable results even in the 
Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era."

t|ket> is also used as a fundamental building block for EUMEN, CQC's quantum 
computational chemistry platform, and the company's Quantum Machine Learning 
framework. Standalone commercial support (via joint development or not) is also 
available.

A new t|ket> online manual as well as updated Jupyter Notebook-based tutorials 
are also now available. The t|ket> Q-SDK is offered free-of-charge for 
non-commercial research. 

The changelog for this version is available here 
[https://cqcl.github.io/pytket/build/html/changelog.html#september-2020].

About Cambridge Quantum Computing

Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing 
companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms 
that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing 
hardware. For more information, visit CQC at http://www.cambridgequantum.com.

Source: Cambridge Quantum Computing