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As we all know, quantum computers theoretically have much more cloud processing power than traditional supercomputers, making them a boon for scientists in complex research projects. Google has released the open-source code for its quantum software, making it easier for scientists to use quantum computers, according to Bloomberg.
Google’s quantum software is a free open-source software that allows chemists and materials scientists, for example, to adapt algorithms and equations to run on quantum computers. Google, along with IBM, Intel, Microsoft and D-Wave, is also making a big push to commercialize quantum software, but only for modest quantum computers.
Google has teamed up with Rigetti, a quantum computer startup, to develop software called OpenFermion, which includes a library of algorithms that can simulate electron interactions on quantum computers, making it ideal for chemistry and materials science. The software was developed with help from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, ETH Zurich, the University of Michigan, Harvard and Oxford Universities, as well as NASA, Google said.
Currently, scientists can only simulate electron interactions on powerful conventional computers or in collaboration with professional quantum computer software developers. OpenFermion’s software, developed by Google and Rigetti, can be directly adapted to run on a quantum computer from conventional simulators such as Psi4 and PySCF, which are commonly used. Moreover, OpenFermion is compatible with most quantum computers, including those developed by Google, Rigetti and IBM.
Google has said it plans to make a scientific breakthrough by the end of this year, using quantum computers to do things that are impossible with traditional computers. For example, simulating chemical catalysts, modeling super complex systems (climate), cracking public-key encryption codes and other highly complex tasks.
From: Drive China