Azure Quantum: Microsoft makes its quantum computing ecosystem available to the public in the Cloud

For Microsoft, the launch of the Public Preview of Azure Quantum asserts itself as "an important milestone for quantum computing". The company says that through the solutions that the ecosystem provides, it is possible to speed up all the research and development work on projects.

In addition to IBM and Google, Microsoft is one of the technological giants participating in the quantum computing “race”. The company reveals that Azure Quantum, which it describes as the first full-stack ecosystem in the Cloud for solutions that make use of quantum computing, is now open to programmers, experts, researchers, and companies.

According to Krysta Svore, responsible for Microsoft Quantum, the platform, available for now in the Public Preview version, presents itself as a place where it is possible to access multiple quantum computing solutions, allowing to accelerate all the research and development work of projects. The ecosystem also stands out for allowing access to a network of specialists and developers in the area, as well as a vast library of resources.

Behind Azure Quantum are quantum computers developed by Honeywell and IonQ. The equipment has a special design, based on an architecture that captures ions and then uses them to store qubits.

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For Microsoft, the launch of the Public Preview of Azure Quantum asserts itself as “an important milestone for quantum computing”, in the words of Krysta Svore. The ecosystem was already being used in a more limited testing phase, demonstrating that it can help develop solutions to complex problems in areas such as logistics, financial risk management in companies.

The platform was also used by Case Western Reserve University, in the United States, to improve the approach of detecting cancerous tumors in MRIs.

Still, in the area of ​​Health, it is recalled that recently, the quantum computing department at Google announced that it has established a partnership with the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to help develop new types of drugs.

The joint mission, which will last three years, involves the research and development of quantum computing technology for simulations of "molecular dynamics" or for studying the way molecules and atoms move.