The Cirq module that provides tools and access to the Google Quantum Computing Service
This is the Cirq-Google integration module. It provides an interface to Google's Quantum Computing Service, and also contains additional tools for calibration and characterization of Google's quantum hardware devices.
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| Google's quantum hardware is currently available only to authorized partners. Access requires an application, usually with a Google sponsor. |
Cirq is a Python package for writing, manipulating, and running quantum circuits on quantum computers and simulators. Cirq provides useful abstractions for dealing with today’s noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers, where the details of quantum hardware are vital to achieving state-of-the-art results. For more information about Cirq, please visit the Cirq documentation site.
This module is built on top of Cirq; installing this module will
automatically install cirq-core and other dependencies. There are two
installation options for the cirq-google module:
To install the stable version of cirq-google, use
pip install cirq-google
To install the latest pre-release version of cirq-google, use
pip install --upgrade cirq-google~=1.0.dev
(The ~= has a special meaning to pip of selecting the latest version
compatible with the 1.* and dev in the name. Despite appearances,
this will not install an old version 1.0 release!)
If you would like to install Cirq with all the optional modules, not just
cirq-google, then instead of the above commands, use pip install cirq for
the stable release or pip install --upgrade cirq~=1.0.dev for the latest pre-release
version.
To get started with using Google quantum computers through Cirq, please refer to the following documentation:
To get started with using Cirq in general, please refer to the Cirq documentation site.
For more information about getting help, reporting bugs, and other matters related to Cirq and the Cirq-Core integration module, please visit the Cirq repository on GitHub.
Cirq is not an official Google product. Copyright 2019 The Cirq Developers.
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The Cirq module that provides tools and access to the Google Quantum Computing Service
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