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QC Ware

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QC Ware
IndustryQuantum Computing
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014) in Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Headquarters
Palo Alto
,
United States

QC Ware is a quantum-computing-as-a-service company based in Palo Alto, California.

History

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QC 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

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In 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

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QC Ware hosts an annual practical quantum computing conference. The first Q2B was hosted in 2017.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Knapp, Alex. "QC Ware Joins The Growing Ranks Of Companies Offering Quantum Cloud Computing Services". Forbes. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "QC Ware — Quantum Computing Companies". Quantum Zeitgeist. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Announcing Cirq: An Open Source Framework for NISQ Algorithms". Google AI Blog. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. ^ Frederic, Lardinois (25 September 2019). "QC Ware Forge will give developers access to quantum hardware and simulators across vendors". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  5. ^ "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.