Quil (instruction set architecture)

<p>Quil is a <a href="/facts/Quantum_computing/nbbcgmvq">quantum</a> <a href="/facts/Instruction_set_architecture/8p8vwUeE">instruction set architecture</a> that first introduced a shared quantum/classical memory model. It was introduced by Robert Smith, Michael Curtis, and William Zeng in <i>A Practical Quantum Instruction Set Architecture</i>.  Many <a href="/facts/Quantum_algorithm/ceJaJ6Eq">quantum algorithms</a> (including <a href="/facts/Quantum_teleportation/2lWvQA4F">quantum teleportation</a>, <a href="/facts/Quantum_error_correction/lrUNMuob">quantum error correction</a>, simulation, and optimization algorithms) require a <a href="/facts/Shared_memory_architecture/zmpH7WuV">shared memory architecture</a>. Quil is being developed for the superconducting quantum processors developed by <a href="/facts/Rigetti_Computing/dA88vlHx">Rigetti Computing</a> through the Forest <a href="/facts/Cloud-based_quantum_computing/gUIvTjqx">quantum programming API</a>.  A <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a> library called pyQuil was introduced to develop Quil programs with higher level constructs. A Quil <a href="/facts/Front_and_back_ends/QVUfH8gu">backend</a> is also supported by other quantum programming environments.
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Quil (instruction set architecture)