Like Microsoft, Braket provides Quantum hardware from a number of partners. They share a partner in IonQ, but AWS is opting for D-Wave and Rigetti over Azure’s Honeywell and QCI.

Early Adoption

Quantum computing depends on the creation of qubits, a version of the classic computer bit that can exist in a state of 1 and 0 at the same time. It’s proven difficult to craft qubits that are stable and noise-free, so current computers are still quite experimental.

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