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Microsoft opens Azure Quantum to the public

Feb 1, 2021

Microsoft opens the public preview of Azure Quantum, giving developers cloud access to trapped-ion quantum computers from Honeywell and IonQ, alongside quantum programming tools and optimization services.

Why it matters

Developers can try quantum hardware from multiple suppliers through Microsoft's cloud without owning or operating a quantum computer.

Microsoft · Honeywell · IonQ

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Related

• IBM puts a five-qubit quantum computer online for the public (May 4, 2016)
• Amazon announces Braket, a cloud service for several makers' quantum computers (Dec 2, 2019)