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Quantum Serverless: Hybrid Classical‑Quantum Computing

Key Points

  • Quantum serverless is a development model that lets you orchestrate and provision both classical (CPU/GPU) and quantum resources through a unified interface.
  • Near‑term quantum applications rely on hybrid workflows where quantum circuits feed into classical optimizers, which then loop back for further quantum runs.
  • By distributing tasks across multiple classical and quantum processors, quantum serverless could accelerate the execution of intricate methods like circuit‑knitting, which splits large quantum circuits into smaller pieces that are recombined with classical processing.
  • Although the quantum serverless platform isn’t publicly available yet, developers can start experimenting with quantum programs using tools like Qiskit Runtime.
  • Stay tuned for upcoming releases of quantum serverless, and feel free to ask questions or engage with the community in the comments.

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# Quantum Serverless: Hybrid Classical‑Quantum Computing **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kDU22szXo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kDU22szXo) **Duration:** 00:03:26 ## Summary - Quantum serverless is a development model that lets you orchestrate and provision both classical (CPU/GPU) and quantum resources through a unified interface. - Near‑term quantum applications rely on hybrid workflows where quantum circuits feed into classical optimizers, which then loop back for further quantum runs. - By distributing tasks across multiple classical and quantum processors, quantum serverless could accelerate the execution of intricate methods like circuit‑knitting, which splits large quantum circuits into smaller pieces that are recombined with classical processing. - Although the quantum serverless platform isn’t publicly available yet, developers can start experimenting with quantum programs using tools like Qiskit Runtime. - Stay tuned for upcoming releases of quantum serverless, and feel free to ask questions or engage with the community in the comments. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7kDU22szXo&t=0s) **Quantum Serverless Hybrid Orchestration** - The speaker explains how a quantum‑serverless model lets developers seamlessly combine classical CPUs/GPUs with quantum processors via a unified interface, enabling hybrid workflows that accelerate real‑world application development despite current quantum hardware limitations. ## Full Transcript
0:00what if you could elastically combine 0:02both Quantum and classical computational 0:04resources to accelerate the development 0:07of real world applications you're 0:09interested in 0:11in this video we're going to be talking 0:13about Quantum serverless which will 0:14hopefully enable you to do this 0:16if you've looked at IBM's development 0:18roadmap you'll have seen the term 0:21quantum serverless 0:22what this is is just a 0:25development model that lets you 0:27seamlessly leverage both classical and 0:30Quantum Resources so if you have 0:32a cloud 0:35with both 0:37existing classical resources like CPUs 0:41and gpus 0:44and then also have Quantum Computing 0:47resources 0:48what Quantum serverless lets you do 0:51is leverage the same interface 0:55to 0:57orchestrate and provision on demand 1:00these different kinds of resources 1:03why this is important is if you look at 1:05most near-term applications of quantum 1:08Computing are you there a hybrid model 1:11where they take a Quantum circuit or a 1:14Quantum program as an input into a 1:16quantum computer 1:21and then take the output of that 1:24into a classical computer 1:28that runs a classical optimization 1:30program 1:32and feeds back to the next iteration of 1:36the loop from that optimization program 1:39the problem is to solve real world 1:40problems current quantum computers 1:43aren't powerful enough 1:45this is where something like Quantum 1:47serverless could hopefully help in the 1:48future 1:51where we can take a distributed workflow 1:54where we take different kinds or 1:56multiple CPUs 1:58gpus 2:00and even Quantum Resources 2:05to hopefully 2:07accelerate development of real world 2:10applications 2:13of potential future use case for this is 2:16something called circuit knitting where 2:18if you had a Quantum program 2:20that was too large 2:23for today's Quantum devices you can 2:26split it 2:28into smaller 2:31Quantum programs 2:34that are runnable on today's devices 2:40and then you 2:42combine them with classical processing 2:44to simulate what the original circuit 2:46would have been 2:48the problem with this is It's incredibly 2:51computationally intensive to do this 2:53process so something like Quantum 2:55serverless will help us accelerate what 2:58we're able to do with current devices to 3:01hopefully develop better Real World 3:03applications sooner 3:05Quantum serverless is not currently 3:07available but keep an eye out for new 3:10developments and the introduction of 3:12quantum serverless 3:15in the meantime you can leverage kiskit 3:16runtime to get started with running 3:18programs on quantum computers 3:21if you have any questions please leave a 3:22comment below and don't forget to like 3:24And subscribe