Backends Overview

InQuanto can perform calculations using many hardware platforms, emulators, and simulators. This set is often grouped as ‘backends’. For small local simulations, we recommend the use of pytket-extensions. For larger computations, we recommend the use of Quatinuum Nexus. This is Quantinuum’s cloud-based platform for full stack quantum computing. Nexus allows users to seamlessly run, review, and collaborate on quantum computing projects, and is the main way to access Quantinuum quantum computers and emulators.

Nexus users can take advantage of Nexus in their environment via the qnexus python client and in their browser via the Nexus portal. The Nexus documentation includes user guides and examples to help users get familiar with using it.

There are many supported backends available on Nexus. Users with a plan that include access to Quantinuum hardware can submit to our hardware immediately. To submit jobs to IBMQ, and AWS Braket backends, the user must provide credentials. The Nexus documentation also provides guides for taking advantage of IBMQ and Braket backends. Guidance on how to configure these and other backends can be found here.