A single library now links quantum algorithms to IBM and IQM hardware

A new library called eigenkit now links a single codebase to 12 different quantum simulators and actual quantum hardware platforms, including IBM Heron and IQM Emerald. Researchers at EigenOrbit Sàrl in Luxembourg developed the system to address the challenges of moving algorithms between diverse quantum computing environments and integrating them with standard scientific tools like NumPy, PyTorch and scikit-learn. Experiments reveal that the best processor for a given algorithm isn’t solely determined by hardware limitations, but also by the characteristics of the algorithm itself. This backend portability, the team reports, is important for both computational efficiency and quantum execution quality. This finding highlights the importance of software tools that facilitate algorithm portability across diverse quantum computing platforms, as a mismatched topology can substantially degrade execution quality. Experiments on IBM Heron and IQM Emerald…