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Re:The Long-Awaited Promise of a Programmable Quantum Computer by Nelkins on Friday March 25, 2016 @05:26PM (#11362797)
Does anybody know if any decent resources exist on how to program for a quantum computer?
Re:The Long-Awaited Promise of a Programmable Quantum Computer by jcr on Friday March 25, 2016 @06:09PM (#11363068)
The paper is linked at the bottom of the artice:

http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04512

"Demonstration of a Programmable Quantum Computer Module"

Abstract:

>"Quantum computers can solve certain problems more efficiently than any possible conventional computer. Small quantum algorithms have been demonstrated in multiple quantum computing platforms, many specifically tailored in hardware to implement a particular algorithm or execute a limited number of computational paths. Here, we demonstrate a trapped-ion quantum computer module that can be programmed in software to implement arbitrary quantum algorithms by executing any sequence of universal quantum logic gates. We compile algorithms into a fully-connected set of gate operations native to the hardware. Reconfiguring these gate sequences provides the flexibility to implement a variety of algorithms without altering the hardware. As examples, we implement the Deutsch- Jozsa (DJ), Bernstein-Vazirani (BV), and quantum Fourier transform (QFT) algorithms on five trapped-ion qubits. This small quantum computer can be scaled to larger numbers of qubits within a single module, and can be further expanded by connecting many modules through ion shuttling or photonic quantum channels."

ADMISSION_OF_IGNORANCE: I haven't read the paper yet, but it looks fascinating and it's definitely on my must-read-quickly list. At present, I don't know if any of their code is available publicly.

Re:The Long-Awaited Promise of a Programmable Quantum Computer by krohling on Friday March 25, 2016 @07:10PM (#11363434)
Re:The Long-Awaited Promise of a Programmable Quantum Computer by s_q_b on Friday March 25, 2016 @07:32PM (#11363538)
Read Krysta Svore's work out of Micosoft Research's once you get beyond the basics, especially the one on quantum deep learning.