Riverlane Quantum Software

Riverlane is a research-led start-up that builds ground-breaking algorithms and software to unleash the predictive power of quantum computing.  The company started to deliver an operating system that allows the same quantum software to run on different types of quantum computing hardware. Its quantum operating system, Deltaflow.OS, will be installed on every quantum computer in the UK accelerating the commercialisation of the UK’s quantum computing sector. Deltaflow.OS is the flagship product of the company, along with Deltaflow-VL and Anian.

Deltaflow.OS

Deltaflow.OS is a radically new operating system for quantum computers. As hybrid systems, quantum computers contain classical and quantum computing elements which must be orchestrated to tease out optimal performance. This is crucial for near-term applications such as quantum chemistry. In the long term, quantum error correction requires close integration of quantum and classical compute. Deltaflow.OS exposes the different elements of the full quantum computing stack. This gives users the power to schedule tasks in an optimal way, improving the performance of quantum computers by orders of magnitude compared to other leading approaches.

Deltaflow-VL

Deltaflow-VL is an emulator of the control stack for quantum computers. Exposing the full control stack, it allows quantum programmers and algorithm developers to test and implement applications that require fast control such as error-correction and VQE-based algorithms. With Deltaflow-VL, Designers of quantum hardware can develop control system code away from the lab so they can fix bugs without worrying about down-time.

Anian

Anian is Riverlane’s application library in Deltaflow.OS. The tool is focussed on quantum chemistry and is being used to develop quantum chemical applications. Driven by the needs of end-users, Anian includes our patented algorithms that decrease quantum hardware requirements, such as the accelerated Variational Quantum Eigensolver. As Anian is connected to a realistic quantum hardware emulator, it allows users to test ideas without having to use quantum hardware. Users can also experiment with different ansätze, measurement strategies, noise models and algorithms.

About Riverlane

Riverlane is a research-led start-up that builds ground-breaking algorithms and software to unleash the predictive power of quantum computing. It was founded by Dr Steve Brierley, Senior Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Backed by leading venture-capital funds and the University of Cambridge, company is developing new ways of making quantum computers accessible and commercially viable. Riverlane’s software leverages the capabilities of the quantum computer, which operates using the principles of quantum mechanics. In the same way that graphics processing units (GPUs) accelerate machine learning workloads, Riverlane uses quantum computers to accelerate the simulation of quantum systems.