qdk

Below are some of the highlights for the 1.25 release of the QDK.

Branding update

The QDK has been updated to reflect Microsoft's branding for quantum computing, including updating the name of the VS Code extension to "Microsoft Quantum Development Kit" and updating the extension logo to the Mobius strip design.

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Below are some of the highlights for the 1.23 release of the QDK.

Full Qiskit 2 support

The qdk python package has been updated to support Qiskit 2 circuit submission to the Azure Quantum service. This is done via the AzureQuantumProvider class to get a backend object that can run both Qiskit v1 and v2 circuits. This allows for a simpler submission of Qiskit circuits to Azure as comp...

Below are some of the highlights for the 1.22 release of the QDK.

Python qdk package is out of preview

With this release, the qdk package on PyPI is now considered stable and out of preview, and is the recommended way to install the QDK for Python users. The package includes a number of 'extras' to add optional functionality, such as Jupyter Notebook support, Azure Quantum integratio...

Below are some of the highlights for the 1.21 release of the QDK.

QDK Python package

With this release we are also publishing a qdk package to PyPI (see https://pypi.org/project/qdk/). This is still in the 'preview' stage as we lock down the API, but the goal is that going forward the QDK will be installed in Python via pip install qdk, with any optional extras needed (e.g. `pip in...

Below are some of the highlights for the 1.20 release of the QDK.

QIR target profile selection redesign

In previous releases, the target QIR profile setting for code generation in VS Code was a global setting, and if switching between projects with different target profiles the user would need to remember to change the editor setting each time. This was cumbersome and a common source of...