default.qubit
- Included in PennyLane
- Built by PennyLane
- Small-Moderate Workloads
- CPU (simulator)
- TPU (simulator)
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows
default.qubit is PennyLane’s most featureful device that is perfect for fast prototyping with small-scale circuits.
Recommended for:
- Small-scale state vector simulations.
- Fully differentiable workflows.
- Use with just-in-time compilation from JAX.
- Parallelization over circuit runs using Python multithreading.
- All operating systems.
Documentation
To learn more, please visit the device documentation:
Installation
The default.qubit device is included in PennyLane. It can be installed with:
pip install pennylane
For more details on installation and dependencies, visit the Install PennyLane page.
Device Initialization
Initialize the device in PennyLane with:
import pennylane as qml dev = qml.device('default.qubit', wires=5)
For more details on device settings and keyword arguments, see the device documentation.
