Quantum Machine

It is important to understand the QOP concept of a Quantum Machine. As shown in the figure below, QOP’s control hardware, the Operator-X (OPX), is integrated with your quantum system. The combination of your quantum system and the OPX are referred to as a Quantum Machine.

Our programing language, `QUA`, allows programing complex protocols that run in real-time on the Quantum Machine. Real-time execution of `QUA Programs` is made possible thanks to the QOP’s unique compiler and FPGA-based Pulse Processor, hence saving huge amounts of time and resources, improving performance and opening new possibilities in quantum experiments.

The `QM Orchestrator` is the system’s core software component. The quantum developer communicates with QM Orchestrator using the QM Python package and a light QM desktop app. See the figure below and also here.

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Conceptual presentation of a quantum machine