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qiskit.remote

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

The qiskit.remote device in the PennyLane-Qiskit plugin is a generic adapter to access any Qiskit backend through the PennyLane frontend.

Recommended for:

  • Accessing IBM’s real quantum hardware offerings.
  • Simulations with hardware-like noise models.
  • Prototyping ideas on hardware simulators.
  • All operating systems.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

  • qiskit.remote documentation

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:

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

Installation

The qiskit.remote 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.remote", wires=2, backend=backend)

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


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