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rigetti.qvm

This plugin is compatible with PennyLane versions up to and including v0.40.

  • Noise
  • CPU (simulator)
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows

The rigetti.qvm device in the PennyLane-Rigetti plugin integrates PennyLane with the Forest SDK quantum virtual machine.

Recommended for:

  • Small-scale qubit state vector simulations.
  • Noisy simulations.
  • Topology specificity.

Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

  • rigetti.qvm documentation

See all PennyLane-Rigetti devices:

  • rigetti.numpy_wavefunction
  • rigetti.qpu
  • rigetti.qvm
  • rigetti.wavefunction

Installation

The rigetti.qvm device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-rigetti

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


Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml dev = qml.device('rigetti.qvm', device='Aspen-8')

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


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