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qiskit.basicsim

  • Small-Moderate Workloads
  • CPU (simulator)
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

The qiskit.basicsim device in the PennyLane-Qiskit plugin gives you access to Qiskit’s BasicSimulator device via the PennyLane frontend.

Recommended for:

  • Accessing Qiskit providers and backends through PennyLane.
  • Prototyping ideas.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

  • qiskit.basicsim documentation

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:

  • qiskit.aer
  • qiskit.basicsim
  • qiskit.remote

Installation

The qiskit.basicsim device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-qiskit

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

Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qp
dev = qp.device("qiskit.basicsim", wires=2)

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


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