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Starmon-5

  • Small-Moderate Workloads
  • Quantum Hardware
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The quantuminspire.qi (with 'Starmon-5' backend) device in the PennyLane-QuantumInspire plugin hosts a 5-qubit superconductor Transmon processor with five qubits connected in a X-shaped configuration.

Recommended for small-scale workflows that run on real hardware.

Documentation

  • Starmon-5 documentation

See all PennyLane-QuantumInspire devices:

  • quantuminspire.qi (with 'QX single-node simulator' backend)
  • quantuminspire.qi (with 'Spin-2' backend)
  • quantuminspire.qi (with 'Starmon-5' backend)

Installation

The quantuminspire.qi (with 'Starmon-5' backend) device can be installed with:

pip install pennylane-quantuminspire

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

Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
dev = qml.device('quantuminspire.qi', wires=5, backend='Starmon-5)

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

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