braket.local.qubit

The braket.local.qubit device in the PennyLane-Braket plugin enables gate-based simulations using either your local computer or an AWS-hosted Braket notebook instance.

Recommended for:

• Small-scale state vector simulations.
• Rapid prototyping before running on paid remote services.
• Operating directly within the Amazon Braket SDK for streamlined local testing.
• Compatibility with Catalyst.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• braket.local.qubit documentation

See all PennyLane-Braket devices:

• braket.aws.ahs
• braket.aws.qubit
• braket.local.ahs
• braket.local.qubit

Installation

The braket.local.qubit device can be installed with:

pip install amazon-braket-pennylane-plugin

For more details on installation and dependencies, visit the PennyLane-Braket installation page.

Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qp
device_local = qp.device("braket.local.qubit", wires=2)

For more details on device settings and keyword arguments, see the device documentation.