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Microsoft is Developing a Quantum Computing Programming Language

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @11:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the binary-is-right-out-the-window dept.

takyon writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/microsoft-quantum-toolkit/

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced its moves to embrace the next big thing in computing: quantum computing. Later this year, Microsoft will release a new quantum computing programming language, with full Visual Studio integration, along with a quantum computing simulator. With these, developers will be able to both develop and debug quantum programs implementing quantum algorithms.

[...] Microsoft's quantum programming language—as yet unnamed—offers a more familiar look to programming quantum computers, borrowing elements from C#, Python, and F#. Developers will still need to use and understand quantum logic gates and their operations, but they'll be able to use them to write functions, with variables and branches and other typical constructs.

[...] It will have quite significant memory requirements. The local version will offer up to 32 qubits, but to do this will require 32GB of RAM. Each additional qubit doubles the amount of memory required. The Azure version will scale up to 40 qubits.

Also at Fossbytes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:38AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:38AM (#573584)

    If you're going to chase buzzwords, chase them all.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:49AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:49AM (#573587)

    It has been in the works for very many years, and has been the subject of intense research by the top Universities.

    • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:54AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @12:54AM (#573591)

      So has Feminist Studies.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @03:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 27 2017, @03:55AM (#573655)

      It's not a buzzword, but we certainly haven't achieved it yet.