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Focus on utility-scale computing: Retirement of cloud simulators and IBM Quantum Lab
Cloud simulators
In line with our focus on utility-scale quantum computing, we’re retiring our cloud simulators on 15 May 2024. We invite you to start using the Qiskit Runtime local testing mode (with qiskit-ibm-runtime
0.22.0 or later), which makes it possible to perform development and testing locally prior to submitting your workloads to our >100-qubit systems.
This change emphasizes a shift toward quantum hardware capabilities, since the benefits of quantum hardware have surpassed the utility of simulators in helping determine which applications have the greatest potential for advantage.
- Guide: Migrate from cloud simulators to local simulators
- Noisy simulation with Qiskit Aer primitives
- Getting started with Qiskit Aer
IBM Quantum Lab
We are also retiring IBM Quantum Lab on 15 May 2024 to increase our focus on utility-era tooling.
You can execute jobs locally with Qiskit, or you can set up your own cloud-based environment.
Starting today, you can download your Lab files in bulk from the Lab platform. Bulk file downloads will remain available until 15 November 2024.
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