Explain the features of Amazon Braket

In this recipe, we will learn about Amazon Braket. We will also learn about the features of Amazon Braket.

Recipe Objective - Explain the features of Amazon Braket?

The Amazon Braket is widely used and is defined as a fully managed Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud service designed to provide quantum computer users with remote access to a single development environment. Amazon Braket service was announced in December of 2019 and is currently available in preview mode. Also, Quantum computing focuses on making calculations based on the behaviour of particles and unlike classical computing, which uses bits that exist in a 1 or 0 state, quantum computing uses qubits that can exist as a 1, 0 or in both the states. Amazon is positioning Braket as the tool to help users familiarize themselves with quantum computing. Amazon Braket will provide users with a development environment in which they can begin to do design, test and run quantum algorithms and once a quantum algorithm is created, a developer can test it on the simulated quantum computer and then further run the algorithm on their choice of quantum hardware. Quantum computing is known to be best suited for theoretical and computation-based computer science. Amazon Braket could be useful for scientists, researchers and developers and currently access to Amazon Braket is currently limited.

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Benefits of Amazon Braket

  • The Amazon Braket provides quantum annealing which uses a physical process to find the low energy configuration that encodes the solution of an optimization problem. Amazon Braket provides access to quantum annealing technology based on the superconducting qubits from D-Wave. Amazon Braket provides gate-based ion-trap processors which implement qubits by trapped-ion quantum computers using the electronic states of charged atoms called Ions. The ions are then confined and suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields. So, amazon Braket provides access to ion-trap quantum computers from IonQ. Amazon Braket provides gate-based superconducting processors in which superconducting qubits are built with superconducting electric circuits operating at cryogenic temperature. So, amazon Braket provides access to quantum hardware based on the superconducting qubits from Rigetti.

System Requirements

  • Any Operating System(Mac, Windows, Linux)

This recipe explains Amazon Braket and the Features of Amazon Braket.

Features of Amazon Braket

    • It provides Fully managed executions of quantum-classical algorithms with Hybrid Jobs

Amazon Braket provides a Hybrid Job that simplifies the process of setting up, monitoring, and running hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. After a user provides the algorithm script and selects the QPU or simulator to run on, Amazon Braket spins up the classical computing, executes the algorithm, and further releases the resources once the job is completed. Users can define custom metrics for their algorithms, which are automatically logged by Amazon CloudWatch and displayed in real-time in the Amazon Braket console as the algorithm runs and this gives users live insights into how their algorithm is progressing, so users can make adjustments to your algorithm if needed and most importantly, Hybrid Jobs provides prioritized access to users chosen QPU to help their algorithm execute quickly and predictably, enabling users to improve the quality and reproducibility of results.

    • It enables the development of variational quantum algorithms with PennyLane

Amazon Braket supports PennyLane which is an open-source software framework built around the concept of quantum differentiable programming, to help users build and run hybrid quantum-classical, or variational, algorithms. This approach enables users to train quantum circuits in the same way that users would train a machine learning neural network to find solutions to computational problems in quantum chemistry, quantum machine learning, and optimization. PennyLane is widely known for its performance-optimized Amazon Braket and provides interfaces to familiar machine learning tools, including PyTorch and TensorFlow, to make training quantum circuits fast, easy, and intuitive.

    • It provides fully managed Jupyter notebooks

Amazon Braket provides services to build quantum algorithms and manage experiments. Amazon Braket makes it simplified for users to create notebooks with a single click. Users can select the notebook instance type to match their performance requirements and further configure security settings such as encryption for stored data. Amazon Braket notebooks come pre-configured with a suite of quantum computing developer tools, including the Amazon Braket SDK, PennyLane, and Ocean, to help users get started quickly.

    • It provides pre-built algorithms and tutorials

Amazon Braket provides notebooks that come pre-installed with the Amazon Braket SDK, tutorials and a selection of pre-built algorithms which users everything they need to get started in a single place. Users can use them to get familiarized with the recommended steps to build and execute quantum algorithms using the Amazon Braket.

    • It provides simplified access to the quantum computers

Amazon Braket provides secure access to a variety of quantum computing technologies. Also, there is no upfront commitment or contract to sign, and users pay only for what they use through the user's AWS bill.

    • It gives a choice of quantum processing units (QPUs)

Amazon Braket provides access to both annealing and gate-based quantum computers. Users can access the trapped-ion technology from IonQ. Alternatively, users can solve quantum annealing problems using the latest QPUs from D-Wave and this helps users to test the different technologies, comparing the compute performance of different machines for the problem that users are trying to solve and choose the hardware system that is best suited to the application.

    • It provides simplified access to the quantum computers

Amazon Braket provides secure access to a variety of quantum computing technologies. Also, there is no upfront commitment or contract to sign, and users pay only for what they use through the user's AWS bill.

    • It provides Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab

Amazon Braket provides an amazon quantum solutions lab which is a collaborative research and professional services program staffed with quantum computing experts which can assist users to more effectively explore quantum computing and assess the current performance of this nascent technology. Further, users can work with qualified technology and consulting partners in the AWS Partner Network (APN) that specialize in the applications for quantum computing and can help users address their specific requirements.

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