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Azure Quantum unlocks the next generation of Hybrid Quantum Computing

March 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 03/8/23

Today, Microsoft announced a significant quantum advancement and made our new Integrated Hybrid feature in Azure Quantum available to the public.Quantum computing is inherently hybrid. The key to unlocking impactful, commercial applications at scale will be deep integration between classical computing capabilities including HPC and AI with...

Signing up for Azure Quantum from scratch

December 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 12/13/22

Wim van Dam

This blog post offers a step-by-step guide to creating your first Azure account and Azure Quantum workspace.

Analyzing a Sudoku solver using resources estimation

December 2, 2021 Dec 2, 2021 12/2/21

Mariia Mykhailova

In this blog post I show how to analyze and optimize a quantum Sudoku solver written in Q# using resources estimation tools from Quantum Development Kit.

Inside the Quantum Katas, part 2: testing quantum programs

February 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021 02/19/21

Mariia Mykhailova

Learn about the common tools and tricks used for testing quantum programs, using the testing harnesses of the Quantum Katas as an example.

Inside the Quantum Katas, part 1

December 2, 2020 Dec 2, 2020 12/2/20

Mariia Mykhailova

Learn about the internal structure of the Quantum Katas - our collection of self-paced programming exercises on quantum computing - and their most important component – the testing harnesses that provide the learner immediate feedback on their solutions.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 3: A circuit-diagram builder with ⟨q|pic⟩

August 13, 2020 Aug 13, 2020 08/13/20

Mathias Soeken

We implement a custom simulator that generates a quantum circuit diagram in the ⟨q|pic⟩ format from Q# program execution traces.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 2: Advanced features for the reversible simulator

June 2, 2020 Jun 2, 2020 06/2/20

Mathias Soeken

This post is the second in a series on how to write your own Q# simulators. In this part we describe advanced features to extend the reversible simulator from the first post in the series.

Build your own Q# simulator – Part 1: A simple reversible simulator

May 8, 2020 May 8, 2020 05/8/20

Mathias Soeken

Simulators are a particularly versatile feature of the QDK. This post is the first in a series that teaches you how to write your own simulators, thereby broadly extending the scope of Q#.

Everything you should know about the Quantum Development Kit, but were afraid to ask

December 19, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 12/19/19

Andrés Paz

Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit (QDK) is a set of open-source tools designed to help developers write quantum programs at scale.The most recognizable element of the QDK is Q#, a high level programming language designed for quantum programs, but the QDK is comprised of much more than that.