Quantinuum has announced the release of its Quantum Error Correction (QEC) decoder toolkit, a powerful new tool enabling real-time decoding and correction of error syndromes, marking a crucial advancement towards universal fault-tolerant quantum computing. This toolkit is designed to allow users to manage quantum error correction (QEC) workflows directly, providing an essential component for stable and reliable quantum computing. The QEC workflow presented here has been used in the following quantum error correction results: arxiv.2208.01863, arxiv.2305.03828.

Enabled by Quantinuum’s real-time hybrid compute capability, which uses Web Assembly (Wasm) in both hardware and emulator environments, the toolkit facilitates complex data handling and real-time interaction between quantum and classical resources. This approach represents a significant leap from traditional lookup-table methods to algorithmic decoding, which is necessary for scalable, fault-tolerant quantum algorithms.

The QEC decoder toolkit is compatible with various QEC codes, enabling flexible experimentation and optimization for real-world applications. It includes use cases like Repeat Until Success, Repetition Code, and Surface Code implementations, offering users the source code to test and compile Wasm binaries. With this toolkit, Quantinuum aims to make QEC accessible to developers and advance the industry towards practical fault tolerance.

Quantinuum has posted a blog about their QEC Decoder Toolkit on their website here and for full documentation, visit the Quantinuum QEC Decoder Toolkit page.

November 14, 2024