Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. has announced the debut of Beryllium, a new hardware-agnostic, high-level, object-oriented language for programming quantum computers. The language is designed to raise the level of abstraction for developers, making quantum software development more accessible to programmers who do not possess deep quantum expertise.
Beryllium is the third of four planned abstraction layers for Horizon Quantum’s software stack. Its object-oriented structure allows developers to build complex, high-level structures by reusing and extending simpler classical and quantum components. This approach shifts the developer’s focus from managing low-level processing details and qubits to managing the information structure and transformation.
Developers will access Beryllium through Triple Alpha, Horizon’s integrated development environment (IDE). Beryllium joins Triple Alpha’s existing Turing-complete languages: Helium (a BASIC-like language supporting concurrent classical/quantum workflows) and Hydrogen (a portable, assembly-like language).
Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, founder and CEO of Horizon Quantum, stated that the introduction of abstraction layers like Beryllium is key to enabling conventional software developers to harness quantum computers and bridging the gap between classical and quantum programming. The company will preview Beryllium at the Q2B Silicon Valley conference this week and will also introduce new pulse-level capabilities for its software stack.
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