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June 22, 2018
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Enhanced debugging and faster simulation with the latest Quantum Development Kit update

The latest update to the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit includes an enhanced debugging experience and faster simulations, as well as several contributions from the Q# community....

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June 6, 2018
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The Microsoft approach to quantum computing

By Microsoft Quantum Team

From development to deployment, Microsoft is empowering the quantum revolution with a complete approach to quantum systems. Highlighting our focus on scalability and outlining the full quantum stack—including control system, software, development tools, and Microsoft Azure integration—this post illustrates how our approach creates an integrated, streamlined environment for quantum processing....

June 1, 2018
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Achieving practical quantum computing

By Microsoft Quantum Team

To gain a broader understanding of quantum computing, check out this comprehensive overview from Microsoft Quantum Architect Dave Wecker. You’ll learn how quantum computing is different from classical computing, the types of problems a quantum computer can solve, and what makes topological qubits so unique....

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May 16, 2018
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Achieving scalability in quantum computing

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While a variety of quantum systems exist today, many are unable to scale to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Explaining the real-world obstacles of building a quantum system that scales, this post explores how Microsoft addresses these challenges through a topological qubit....

May 15, 2018
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Video recap: Quantum computing at Microsoft Build

By Microsoft Quantum Team

Each year, Microsoft Build brings together tech creators for a conference on emerging technological concepts. Last week, Build featured two sessions on quantum computing led by Dr. Julie Love, Director of Microsoft Quantum Computing Business Development, and John Azariah, Principal Software Engineer on the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit and Q# coding language....

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May 2, 2018
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Quantum computing at Microsoft Build

By Microsoft Quantum Team

Our annual developer event, Microsoft Build, will take place May 7- 9, 2018, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The event invites developers, engineers, programmers, and all-around tech creators to gather around emerging technological concepts, including quantum computing. This year, Microsoft Build will feature two sessions on quantum computing led by Dr. Julie...

Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is based on the difficulty of computing discrete logarithms in groups of points on an elliptic curve defined over finite field. This image illustrates the chord-and-tangent rule for computing the group law, i.e. the addition of two points on an elliptic curve.

May 2, 2018
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The quantum computing effect on public-key encryption

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Microsoft researchers studied the resources required to implement quantum algorithms for factoring large integers and for computing discrete logarithms in the context of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). The post provides a deeper look at the results obtained in the published paper. Not only does the study put the Microsoft quantum tools to the test, the...

April 24, 2018
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Understanding how to solve problems with a quantum computer

By Microsoft Quantum Team

Quantum computers can lead to breakthroughs in a wide variety of subject areas because they offer a computational strength we’ve never seen before....

April 9, 2018
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Celebrating the life, vision, and contributions of Burton J. Smith

By Microsoft Quantum Team

The Microsoft team dedicates this blog to Burton Smith. A leader, visionary, mentor, and dear friend, Burton truly exemplified the heart, soul, and vision of quantum computing at Microsoft. He will be dearly missed....

February 26, 2018
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Microsoft updates its Quantum Development Kit and adds support for Linux and Mac

By Microsoft Quantum Team

The latest updates to the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit adds support for macOS and Linux, additional open source libraries, and interoperability with Python. The power of quantum computing is now available to even more developers on more platforms....

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