0.4.1

The 0.4.1 release adds support for ARM processors in the form of multi-platform Docker images and aarch64 Python wheels. Additionally, all GPU-based backends are now included in the Python wheels as well as in the Docker image.

What's Changed

Features and Enhancements 🎉

• Expose adjoint T and S gates to python builder API by @anthony-santana in #402
• Added kernel_builder functions for the hardware efficient ansatz #361 by @johanneskuhlmann in #451
• Adding nvidia backends to python wheels by @bettinaheim in #480
• Multi-platform Docker images and aarch64 wheels by @bettinaheim in #548
• Implement CUDA Quantum Kernel from State Vector. by @amccaskey in #568
• Enable std::vector construction within kernels by @amccaskey in #593

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Support Volta+ arch in custatevec backend by @1tnguyen in #696
• Accurately detect mx/my mid-circuit measurements by @amccaskey in #415
• Bug fix to support multiple single qubit allocations on quantum backends by @schweitzpgi in #474
• Fix missing support for R1 decomposition by @amccaskey in #471
• Fix #475: bug with measurement operations in value semantics by @schweitzpgi in #491
• Fix #303 - release build segfault by @schweitzpgi in #502
• Fixes bug with null_wire. by @schweitzpgi in #504
• Fix bug in bit flip noise channel by @anthony-santana in #528
• [Support] Closes #532: change backtrace error message by @boschmitt in #534
• Fix #523 and std::unique bug in CircuitSimulator by @amccaskey in #526
• Fix compiler crash when processing empty region by @bmhowe23 in #552
• Bug fixes for nvq++ arguments by @1tnguyen in #549
• Add spin_op::from_word(...) by @amccaskey in #555
• Add multi-control decomposition to IONQ pipeline by @boschmitt in #566
• Support QASM emission for CallOps by @amccaskey in #563
• Convert IonQ outputs to bit strings and correct order by @bmhowe23 in #575
• Canonicalizations for ConcatOp and ExtractRefOp by @amccaskey in #574
• [custatevec] getStateData to return data consistent with qpp and cudaq::from_state by @1tnguyen in #582
• Allow more descriptive output names by @bmhowe23 in #580
• Fix for issue #603: QASM emission by @1tnguyen in #604
• Fix bug when using gcc-11 header files. by @schweitzpgi in #613
• Fix issues with get_state() in Python by @amccaskey in #616
• [Opt] Fix use after free (erase) in mem2reg by @boschmitt in #628
• Fix for issue #641: QASM export by @1tnguyen in #649
• Only enable optimization in non-empty kernels by @bmhowe23 in #656
• Add the ability to pass additional command line options by @schweitzpgi in #647

Documentation Updates ✏️

• Clarifying documentation for GPU-based simulators by @bettinaheim in #738
• Document CUDA library dependencies for Python wheels by @anthony-santana in #716
• Updating docs on built-in operations by @bettinaheim in #719
• Document GPU and CPU requirements by @schweitzpgi in #707
• Adding mqpu documentation by @1tnguyen in #708
• Fixed code snippets using wrong kernel_builder APIs by @1tnguyen in #479
• Cleanup the MLIR Pass advanced document, add a FileCheck test by @amccaskey in #547
• Refactor python documentation and update examples by @anthony-santana in #581
• Adding tutorials folder with example notebooks by @zohimchandani in #560

Other Changes

• Update unwind-lowering pass to be more general by @schweitzpgi in #389
• Improve synthesis. by @schweitzpgi in #401
• updating cuquantum and cutensor versions by @bettinaheim in #422
• Add environment variable allowing one to print the IR before remote submission by @amccaskey in #427
• Issue #274: Migrate the fixup-linkage script to C++ by @schweitzpgi in #497
• Add cudaq::set_random_seed() by @amccaskey in #477
• Python sample() and observe() implement broadcasting by @amccaskey in #495
• Add option to set the noise model when using the IonQ-hosted simulator by @1tnguyen in #536
• Add all_gather function for MPI by @amccaskey in #516
• Enable one to progressively build a Kernel with the kernel_builder by @amccaskey in #558
• Implement spin_op::to_sparse_matrix(). by @amccaskey in #567
• Rewrite the AST Bridge. by @schweitzpgi in #587
• Adjustments to support libc++ in the AST Bridge by @schweitzpgi in #594
• Improve reproducibility of results by @bmhowe23 in #617
• More precise representation of the dataflow in Quake value semantics by @schweitzpgi in #625
• Add get_random_seed() to make broadcast tests repeatable by @bmhowe23 in #648
• Modify Quake::ApplyOp to allow an indirect form of call in order to by @schweitzpgi in #663
• Improve measurement support for submissions to IonQ by @bmhowe23 in #661
• Add ctrl-t and ctrl-s decomposition via r1 conversion by @1tnguyen in #672
• Introduce sample_options and observe_options for addl flexibility by @bmhowe23 in #664
• Fix #633: Bump the LLVM version to 16.0.6. by @schweitzpgi in #676

New Contributors

• @orclassiq made their first contribution in #394
• @johanneskuhlmann made their first contribution in #451
• @jrhemstad made their first contribution in #447
• @kukushechkin made their first contribution in #468
• @ajschmidt8 made their first contribution in #585
• @jfriel-oqc made their first contribution in #435
• @zohimchandani made their first contribution in #560

Full Changelog: 0.4.0...0.4.1
Release created by workflow 6408359768.