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		PascLeRasc on Jan 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cl... This might be a dumb question, but are the logic gates "bare metal" or a software simulation/VM as a proof of concept?

NathanKP on Jan 31, 2019 [–]

From what I've read so far they give you both: a VM that simulates qbits for local development, but then you can schedule a real run a physical quantum device (that's the cloud side).

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