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QC Ware is a quantum-computing-as-a-service company based in Palo Alto, California.
| Industry | Quantum Computing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 in Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto , United States |
History
editQC Ware was founded in 2014 by Matt Johnson, KJ Sham, and Randall Correll after Johnson met a group of researchers at NASA Ames interested in quantum computing.[1][2]
In 2018, QC Ware was one of the first testers of Google's Cirq framework, publicly demonstrating an implementation of the QAOA algorithm on a simulator.[3]
Services
editIn 2019, QC Ware launched Forge, a cloud platform that aims to allow developers to run algorithms on hardware provided by multiple vendors. As of the launch, the platform offered access to a D-Wave quantum computer, but only simulations of Google and IBM machines.[4]
Q2B conference
editQC Ware hosts an annual practical quantum computing conference. The first Q2B was hosted in 2017.[5]
References
edit- ^ Knapp, Alex. "QC Ware Joins The Growing Ranks Of Companies Offering Quantum Cloud Computing Services". Forbes. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "QC Ware — Quantum Computing Companies". Quantum Zeitgeist. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Announcing Cirq: An Open Source Framework for NISQ Algorithms". Google AI Blog. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Frederic, Lardinois (25 September 2019). "QC Ware Forge will give developers access to quantum hardware and simulators across vendors". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "QC Ware Announces Q2B 2019: Practical Quantum Computing Conference December 10 - 12 (Press release)". finance.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-29. Retrieved 29 October 2019.