0.6.0

The 0.6.0 release contains improved support for various HPC scenarios. We have added a plugin infrastructure for connecting CUDA Quantum with an existing MPI installation, and we've added a new platform target that distributes workloads across multiple virtual QPUs, each simulated by one or more GPUs.

Starting with 0.6.0, we are now also distributing pre-built binaries for using CUDA Quantum with C++. The binaries are built against the GNU C library version 2.28. We've added a detailed Building from Source guide to build these binaries for older glibc versions.

What's Changed

Features and Enhancements 🎉

• C++17 support by @schweitzpgi in #973
• MPI support as plugins by @1tnguyen in #966
• Support for recursive vector arguments and other data types by @schweitzpgi in #1051
• Allow user to directly specify mapping topology file by @bmhowe23 in #1084
• Pre-built binaries, installer, and building from source guide by @bettinaheim in #1010
• Introducing remote-mqpu REST Server-Client platform by @1tnguyen in #1012

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Make C++ ASTBridge specification adherent for operation broadcasting by @amccaskey in #876
• Fix missing ctrl-swap support by @schweitzpgi in #918
• Fix WireType compliance issues with qubit-mapping pass by @bmhowe23 in #932
• Reduce GPU memory usage when using reset(q) in user programs by @bmhowe23 in #942
• Fix for misleading CUDA not found message by @khalatepradnya in #986
• Fixes for tensornet backend not picking up MPI by @1tnguyen in #974
• Fix bug in sampling a kernel with mz-reset-mz pattern (overwriting sample_result register) by @amccaskey in #997
• Fix ghost qubit bug #981 by @amccaskey in #998
• Hide error message while checking for GPUs in Python workflow by @khalatepradnya in #995
• Fix density matrix qubit ordering bug by @anthony-santana in #1033
• Fix library mode qubit ordering bug. by @amccaskey in #1044
• Patch density matrix bug in release mode by @anthony-santana in #1053
• Fix issue 1064: bug in bridge when lambda argument contains a loop. by @schweitzpgi in #1069
• Improve thread-safety of CUDAQ static variables by @1tnguyen in #1078
• Chemistry related bug fixes by @amccaskey in #1099
• Fix bug 1108 - race condition in sample_async by @amccaskey in #1114

Documentation Updates ✏️

• Fixing typos and copy editing for docs by @mmvandieren in #896
• Add documentation and test for mixed language project by @schweitzpgi in #1085
• MPI plugin docs by @1tnguyen in #1095
• Adding a section on updating CUDA Quantum to docs by @bettinaheim in #1112

Other Changes

• Add new pass, linear-ctrl-form by @schweitzpgi in #853
• Add a MeasureType to Quake by @schweitzpgi in #869
• Deprecate builder ctrl gates that are not specification compliant by @anthony-santana in #935
• Add ability to create shared library to the driver by @schweitzpgi in #985
• Improved support for kernel return values by @schweitzpgi in #1009
• Deprecating qreg and qspan by @schweitzpgi in #983
• Support for return vectors of type std::vector where NT is a numerical type by @schweitzpgi in #1014
• Ability to pass custom passes from nvq++ by @1tnguyen in #1034
• Add support for vectors of vectors to the bridge. by @schweitzpgi in #1036
• Support controlled-SWAP's in kernel builder by @anthony-santana in #924
• Partial support for passing/return POD struct values. by @schweitzpgi in #1054
• Process initializer lists for struct types in the bridge. by @schweitzpgi in #1068
• Enable use of single-term spin_op with kernel_builder::exp_pauli by @amccaskey in #1071

New Contributors

• @mmvandieren made their first contribution in #896
• @jjacobelli made their first contribution in #832
• @Yaraslaut made their first contribution in #1038

Full Changelog: 0.5.0...0.6.0

Release created by workflow 7702894514.
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