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This collaboration introduces Backline, an open-platform interface that enables ultra-low-latency communication between quantum processors and classical hardware like AMD's EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs. By integrating directly with Xanadu's PennyLane framework, the solution accelerates hybrid system prototyping and supports critical real-time operations such as quantum error correction without requiring developers to manage complex low-level programming. This co-design represents a significant step toward bridging the gap between current quantum research and fault-tolerant practical applications.
Xanadu and AMD speed up quantum computing with Backline link

Xanadu and AMD announced Backline, an open-platform solution co-designed for rapid communications between quantum and classical computing hardware, including CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs. Backline addresses the challenge of establishing ultra-low-latency communication, expected to operate within microseconds, between quantum devices and classical processors.
Xanadu (NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU) and AMD have released Backline, a new solution designed to overcome a critical hurdle in quantum computing: establishing communication between quantum processors and classical hardware within microseconds. The open-platform technology integrates with Xanadu’s PennyLane software, allowing developers low-level hardware control through a high-level Python interface. “Quantum processors require ultra-fast classical…
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