Review of the Cirq Quantum Software Framework
dougfinke2020-11-11T09:21:50-08:00Practical Quantum Computing with Cirq Ryan LaRose Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University Abstract In July 2018, the Quantum Computing Report published an in-depth analysis of four major gate-model quantum software platforms: Forest by Rigetti, QISKit by IBM, ProjectQ by ETH Zurich, and the Quantum Developer Kit by Microsoft. Shortly after, Google announced the release of their own quantum software platform: Cirq. In this paper, we provide an overview and comparative analysis of this newly-released platform with respect to the previously-reviewed quantum software platforms. Our analysis proceeds [...]