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Xanadu，橡树岭国家实验室先进量子计算研究

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-- Xanadu Quantum Technologies (XNDU.TO) 周三宣布，已与美国能源部橡树岭国家实验室合作，共同推进量子计算研究。 Xanadu 表示，此次合作将利用 Xanadu 的开源量子软件库 PennyLane，在世界最先进的计算系统之一——Frontier 超级计算机上运行。 Xanadu 指出，Frontier 超级计算机以及更广泛的橡树岭领导设施 (Oak Ridge Leadership Facility) 用户现在可以使用 PennyLane 的高性能 Lightning 模拟器，直接在 Frontier 超级计算机上编写和执行量子程序。 Xanadu 表示，通过在 Frontier 上运行 PennyLane，研究人员现在可以探索复杂问题，并识别在较小规模的模拟中不存在的性能瓶颈。 “PennyLane 的设计旨在提供易于访问的用户界面，支持混合经典-量子程序，并与高性能模拟器集成——所有这些功能都与 Frontier 的经典超级计算机相辅相成，”Xanadu 创始人兼首席执行官 Christian Weedbrook 表示。

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