微軟 (Microsoft) 開源量子開發套件

微軟 (Microsoft) 開源量子開發套件

News from: iThoem & Microsoft Quantum

量子開發套件包含了量子運算語言Q#，並提供基於Azure的量子模擬器，可模擬40量子位元的計算。

Web site: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2019/07/11/microsoft-quantum-oss-available-github/

在2017年的時候，微軟公布了其量子運算的計畫，以及專用的開發語言Q#，現在微軟宣布將整個量子開發套件（Microsoft Quantum Development Kit，QDK）在GitHub中開源，以支援各領域專家、開發人員以及研究人員，解決現存各種具挑戰性的問題。



量子開發套件包含了Q#與編譯器，還有幫助開發者入門的範例以及教學，並且提供了Azure量子模擬器，可用於模擬超過40量子位元的計算，而除了為開發者準備模擬量子運算環境外，也有資源估算器，幫開發者評估執行程式碼需要花費的計算資源。量子開發套件也提供了Visual Studio以及Visual Studio Code擴充套件，開發者可以在熟悉的環境中進行開發，並且也與資料科學平臺Jupyter整合，以吸引各平臺開發者參與量子計算生態系。

為了促進量子開發的發展，微軟決定向社群開源量子開發套件，借助社群的力量改進演算法以及開發工具等。量子開發套件以無安裝的形式提供，方便開發者參與，而現在有興趣的開發者，就可以從GitHub存取量子開發套件，並開始對這項新興技術做出貢獻。

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At Microsoft, our Quantum mission is to develop and deploy the world’s most scalable, secure, quantum computing system and to support a rich ecosystem of domain experts, developers, and researchers to solve today’s most challenging problems.

To help achieve this mission we introduced the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit (QDK) eighteen months ago. The QDK includes the Q# quantum programming language and compiler, samples and tutorials to get started, and simulators and resource estimators for your quantum programs. The QDK also includes development environment extensions for VS and VS Code, and integration with the Jupyter platform. It has been exciting to see the deep community engagement with our QDK and to witness the apps that are being built to help realize a quantum future.

Although Microsoft published the Quantum Development Kit, this is really our collective QDK. It is researchers, developers, and academics such as yourself that are the key to unlocking the power of quantum computing. The collective contributions of our quantum community will drive the necessary software advances, from the algorithms that will unlock applications to the tools that will enable the optimization necessary to overcome hardware constraints, so that together we can solve planet-scale challenges.

With this in mind, we are excited to announce that starting today, we are open-sourcing the QDK so that our broader community can contribute quantum apps and algorithms as well as advancements in compilation, optimization and tooling. By open-sourcing the Quantum Development Kit in GitHub, we enable developers to contribute alongside an emerging community of quantum computing programmers to help solve some of our world’s most important challenges.

Watch the brief video below to learn more about our Open Source efforts as well as other recent improvements to the Quantum Development Kit:

These recent updates to the QDK, ranging from our open-source efforts to our new “no install” option, are designed to make it easier than ever for you to engage with and contribute to our quantum initiatives. You can get started with the QDK by visiting our Microsoft Quantum website and can engage with our growing, passionate community of Q# users on GitHub, Stack Exchange, or Stack Overflow.

Together we can solve planet-scale challenges.