Quantum Computing releases version 1.1 of Mukai middleware

Quantum Computing Inc (OTCMKTS:QUBT), an advanced technology company developing quantum-ready applications and tools, said Thursday that it was releasing version 1.1 of its Mukai middleware with new high-performance capabilities for experts developing quantum-ready applications. The Mukai software stack released in January 2020 can be used to solve extremely complex optimization problems, noted the company. It enables developers to create and execute quantum-ready applications on classical computers, while being ready to run on quantum computers when those systems can achieve performance advantages. Typically, middleware is software that lies between an operating system and the applications running on it. Essentially functioning as a hidden translation layer, middleware enables communication and data management for distributed applications. The Leesburg, Virginia-based company said it has already demonstrated superior performance for some applications built on Mukai and running on classical computers. READ: Quantum Computing will host April 28 webinar on its technical strategy The company said the new capabilities in the Mukai 1.1 release include: Delivering a greater diversity of more-optimal results in less time for larger, more memory-intense problems Better ease of use by automating some of the process for solving optimization problems, such as finding good values for the weights between different factors Improved manageability and robustness for production use, including performance instrumentation and improved error-handling and reporting. According to the company, the performance improvements have been measured for “both graph partitioning and for optimization problems” from industry sources. The new capabilities are all available immediately in Quantum’s cloud-delivered Mukai service. The Mukai software product includes two primary user/developer interfaces – the QCI NetworkX graph-analysis package and the QCI qbsolv QUBO solver. Modeled on the D-Wave NetworkX package targeting quantum annealing, QCI NetworkX implements a set of extremely compute-intense (NP-hard to mathematicians) graph kernels that are expected to benefit the most from QCs; the kernels use the QUBO formulation, said the company. “The QCI Qbsolv QUBO solver allows the users to balance the quality of the solution against the time to deliver results. The user can choose to get a good answer quickly, an excellent answer in more time, and/or a diverse set of good answers,” said Quantum CTO Mike Booth. “Mukai has demonstrated superior performance today for some applications, executing on classical computers for early clients, for problems such as portfolio optimization and HPC application optimization via better graph partitioning," he added. Quantum Computing said it will host a webinar to discuss its technical strategy and Mukai middleware while demonstrating its QCI NetworkX for solving graph problems. The webinar, scheduled for 12 pm ET on April 28, will be hosted by Steve Reinhardt, vice president of product development.  Quantum said the webinar will conclude after a question and answer session. Questions regarding Mukai, and QCI NetworkX can be sent in advance to info@quantumcomputinginc.com. To attend the webinar, free registration will be required. To register for and attend the webinar, use this URL: https://zoom.us/s/98851767288. Contact the author Uttara Choudhury at uttara@proactiveinvestors.com Follow her on Twitter: @UttaraProactive