Quantum Computing Service

The platform enabling researchers to access beyond-classical computational resources

We are advancing the state of the art in quantum algorithms and applications by granting access to Google’s quantum computing hardware. With the Quantum Computing Service, researchers with approved projects can run quantum programs remotely on Google’s latest quantum processors like Sycamore with 50+ qubits.

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import cirq
import sympy

sampler = cirq.google.get_engine_sampler(
    project_id=PROJECT_ID,
    processor_id=PROCESSOR_ID,
    gate_set_name='sqrt_iswap')

circuit = cirq.Circuit(
  cirq.XPowGate(exponent=sympy.Symbol('t'))(cirq.GridQubit(5,4)),
  cirq.measure(cirq.GridQubit(5,4), key='meas'))
rabi_sweep = cirq.Linspace('t', start=0, stop=1, length=20)

results = sampler.run_sweep(circuit,
  repetitions=1000,params=rabi_sweep)
for t in range(20):
  print(results[t].histogram(key='meas'))

Features

Quantum hardware

Users with approved projects can run quantum programs on Google’s latest production quantum processors like Sycamore with up to 50 or more qubits.
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Quantum simulators

Test your quantum algorithms using high performance classical simulators.
Learn more about simulators in Cirq

Early Access

We offer a quantum computing service to scientists developing algorithms for noisy-intermediate-scale quantum processors like Sycamore. The goal is to advance NISQ state-of-the-art in new algorithms, tools, and characterizations that lead to useful applications. Approved projects will run programs on Sycamore via our Quantum Engine API, and user feedback will improve the service.

We are currently collaborating with a group of early access partners and will welcome new applications in 2021.

Resources

Technical questions: Stack Exchange

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GitHub repositories: Quantumlib

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Educational resources

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Community

We are dedicated to cultivating an open and inclusive community to build software for near term quantum computers, and we welcome contributions from the community.

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We host virtual open source meetings every week. Join our email lists to get invited to the ongoing open source meetings relevant to your work.

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Contribute to open source code

Whether you are a researcher who wants to push the boundaries of what's available for NISQ computers, a software engineer, a technical writer, or a student who is excited about quantum computing, we welcome your contributions to our open source code available on GitHub.

Getting started

If you are looking for something to help out in Cirq, see the list of good first issues to get started.

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Request for comment

For larger features, check out our RFC process to learn how to contribute.

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Explore our open source software

Our software stack includes tools and libraries to develop novel quantum algorithms.

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