IBM Releases Model 1.0 of Qiskit

As we indicated in our article final December about IBM’s roadmap, IBM has formally launched model 1.0 of Qiskit. This launch gives greater efficiency, a extra steady platform, a leaner set of libraries, and an SDK constructed for an open-source ecosystem. It would have experimental native OpenQASM 3 assist and contains assist for dynamic circuits and disjoint qubit coupling maps for the brand new IBM Heron class of processors. Now that the software program has reached model 1.0, future releases will probably be extra structured and steady with main releases which may introduce breaking modifications occurring not less than one yr aside. Minor variations and patch variations could happen extra typically to introduce new options or repair bugs, however these mustn’t break earlier performance. IBM has posted a weblog describing the discharge and particulars of the brand new options and it may be accessed right here.

March 9, 2024