Xanadu Awarded DARPA Grant to Develop Novel Quantum Compiler for NISQ-based Machines

PRESS RELEASE: Xanadu, a full-stack quantum computing company developing quantum hardware and software solutions, has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) grant. The grant will enable Xanadu to develop a unique general-purpose “circuit-cutting” compiler which can automatically break down a circuit into a multi-circuit hybrid model—leveraging both classical and quantum computing—which will be ideal for near-term quantum computers. “With PennyLane, these complex hybrid models can be run for the user seamlessly on the quantum hardware or simulators of their choice.” said Nathan Killoran, who heads up Xanadu’s Quantum […]