qiskit.remote

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.

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Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• qiskit.remote documentation

See all PennyLane-Qiskit devices:

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

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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.

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Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
dev = qml.device("qiskit.remote", wires=2, backend=backend)

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