Integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum Ltd. today unveiled new open-source software tools designed to accelerate software development for quantum computing with a more intuitive programming language. The company also announced a new open-source emulator for its Helios quantum computing hardware, Selene, built to model entangled quantum behavior realistically. The new language is called Guppy. The company based the programming language on Python, a widely recognized syntax by developers, which provides an accessible entry point for programming quantum computers. Traditionally, programming quantum computers requires writing code that addresses the underlying hardware and how quantum gates work to build circuits. Quantum computers operate differently from classical computers, which use 1 and 0 to represent bits, whereas quantum bits, or qubits, can exist in a “superposition” or somewhere between 1 and 0.

Integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum Ltd. today unveiled new open-source software tools designed to accelerate software development for quantum computing with a more intuitive programming language. The company also announced a new open-source emulator for its Helios quantum computing hardware, Selene, built to model entangled quantum behavior realistically. The new language is called Guppy. The company based the programming language on Python, a widely recognized syntax by developers, which provides an accessible entry point for programming quantum computers. Traditionally, programming quantum computers requires writing code that addresses the underlying hardware and how quantum gates work to build circuits. Quantum computers operate differently from classical computers, which use 1 and 0 to represent bits, whereas quantum bits, or qubits, can exist in a “superposition” or somewhere between 1 and 0.

Full report : Quantinuum launches a new quantum programming language called Guppy to help developers program in quantum computing.

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