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Xanadu，橡樹嶺國家實驗室先進量子計算研究

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-- Xanadu Quantum Technologies (XNDU.TO) 週三宣布，已與美國能源部橡樹嶺國家實驗室合作，共同推動量子計算研究。 Xanadu 表示，此次合作將利用 Xanadu 的開源量子軟體庫 PennyLane，在世界最先進的運算系統之一——Frontier 超級電腦上運作。 Xanadu 指出，Frontier 超級電腦以及更廣泛的橡樹嶺領導設施 (Oak Ridge Leadership Facility) 用戶現在可以使用 PennyLane 的高效能 Lightning 模擬器，直接在 Frontier 超級電腦上編寫和執行量子程式。 Xanadu 表示，透過在 Frontier 上運行 PennyLane，研究人員現在可以探索複雜問題，並識別在較小規模的模擬中不存在的效能瓶頸。 「PennyLane 的設計旨在提供易於訪問的用戶介面，支援混合經典-量子程序，並與高性能模擬器整合——所有這些功能都與 Frontier 的經典超級電腦相輔相成，」Xanadu 創始人兼首席執行官 Christian Weedbrook 表示。

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