IBM's Programmer Friendly Software, Mote Runner

To facilitate the programming and use of the wireless sensor network, IBM has created a new software development kit called Mote Runner, which provides an open, programmable platform for connecting sensors with a wireless sensor network (WSN) . And actuator parts. A moat (also called a wireless sensor node) collects sensory information such as temperature, movement, light, and transmits data via a wireless sensor network. In addition, IBM announced today that MEMSIC, a leading provider of MEMS and sensor solutions, will provide Mote Runner on IRIS, one of the most popular sensors.

At the same time, IBM also announced the introduction of API (application programming interface) corresponding to the new quantum computing system. With the release of the new IBM Quantum Experience API, developers and programmers can build an interface between an existing 5 qubit (qubit) cloud-based quantum computer and a conventional computer without much quantum physical background You can start. An upgraded simulator released at IBM Quantum Experience can simulate up to 20 qubits of circuitry. In the first half of 2017, IBM plans to release a complete SDK (software development kit) for IBM Quantum Experience to help users build simple quantum applications and software programs.

In March 2017, IBM announced the industry initiative to build a commercial universal quantum computing system called IBM Q. The company also released a new API (application programming interface) for IBM Quantum Experience. This allows developers and programmers to build existing qubits (qubit) cloud-based quantum computers and traditional computers. Physics In May 2017, IBM announced that it succeeded in building and testing the most powerful general purpose quantum computing processor. The first is a 16-bit processor that can perform more complex experiments than the previous 5-bit rate processor. The second is IBM's first prototype commercial processor of 17 qubits, using significant material, device, and architectural improvements to make IBM the most powerful quantum processor ever created.

The simulation software was written in Java and Scala and executed on 30 executable IBM Enterprise Spark clusters. Both data are written to IBM Object Storage and IBM Db2 (formerly dashDB) in the same SoftLayer data center. Although simulation performance data is not recorded, interestingly it is possible to create about 1000 simulations per minute The main bottleneck is object storage and Db 2 I / O We are emulating SETI signal The software you use to do is still in private repository. However, in the near future, we plan to apply Apache 0 license and release code for stakeholders.