Amazon Braket adds support for Rigetti's 108-qubit Cepheus QPU
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This article announces Amazon Braket's support for Rigetti's Cepheus-1-108Q, a 108-qubit superconducting quantum processor now available on the service.
- First 100+ qubit superconducting QPU available on Amazon Braket
- Uses modular multi-chip architecture with twelve 9-qubit chiplets
- Features CZ gates instead of iSWAP gates for better error resilience
- Adiabatic CZ implementation reduces leakage errors
- Enables deeper circuits for chemical simulation and optimization
- Supports Braket SDK, Qiskit, CUDA-Q, and Pennylane frameworks
- Pulse-level control available for hardware research
- Available in US West (N. California) region
Cepheus-1-108Q expands quantum computing capabilities on Amazon Braket with improved error handling for complex quantum applications.
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