qat.core.HardwareSpecs

class qat.core.HardwareSpecs(nbqbits=None, **kwargs)

Simple higher level wrapper for the serializable HardwareSpecs class.

Instance attributes:

• nbqbits (int): number of qubits

• topology (Topology): topology

• gateset (GateSet): the gate set of the hardware

• description (str): description of the hardware

• processing_types (list<ProcessingType>): list of supported processing types

• meta_data (dict<str, str>): meta data to provide some custom data of the QPU to users

as_graph(nqbits=None)

Returns a networkx.Graph object corresponding to the topology. This function calls the method to_nx() of the class Topology

from qat.devices import RIGETTI_ASPEN

# Cast the device into a networkx graph
nx_graph = RIGETTI_ASPEN.as_graph()

Returns:

graph describing the topology of this hardware specs

Return type:

networkx.Graph

as_quameleon()

Returns a QuameleonPlugin instance enforcing the device’s connectivity for easy inclusion in a QLM stack

from qat.devices import RIGETTI_ASPEN
from qat.qpus import get_default_qpu

# Create a stack
stack = RIGETTI_ASPEN.as_quameleon() | get_default_qpu()
print(stack)

QuameleonPlugin | CompositeQPU

Returns:

Quameleon plugin

Return type:

QuameleonPlugin

dump(fname)

Dumps the Qaptiva object in a binary file

Warning

The filename name can be extended to have extension ".hw"

Parameters:

fname (str) – the file name

property file_extension: str

Read-only property returning the file extension used by dump()

classmethod from_thrift(tobject)

Builds a HardwareSpecs object from a thrift object

classmethod load(fname)

Loads a Qaptiva object from a binary file

Warning

The filename name can be extended to have an extension

Parameters:

fname (str) – the file name

Returns:

An instance of the loaded object

property nbqbits

Number of qubits composing the hardware

to_thrift()

Cast the HardwareSpecs into a pure Thrift object