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null.qubit

  • Included in PennyLane
  • Built by PennyLane
  • Large Workloads
  • Small-Moderate Workloads
  • CPU (simulator)
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

The null.qubit device performs no operations associated with numerical calculations.

Recommended for fast resource estimation and prototyping before simulations.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

Installation

The null.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('null.qubit') 

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