Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. ("Horizon Quantum"), a pioneer of software infrastructure for quantum applications, today announced the debut of Beryllium, a hardware-agnostic, high-level language for programming quantum computers.
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Horizon Quantum has today announced the debut of Beryllium, a hardware-agnostic, high-level language for programming quantum computers
Beryllium is an object-oriented language, allowing developers to start with simple classical and quantum building blocks and progressively create richer, higher-level structures by reusing and extending what they have already defined. This layering of abstraction is designed to empower developers to think in terms of information structure rather than qubits and low-level processing details
By shifting focus from how information is physically represented and processed in a quantum computer to how it can be structured and transformed, Beryllium is designed to raise the level of abstraction, reducing the need to manage quantum processing directly and making quantum software development more accessible to programmers without deep quantum expertise.
Beryllium is the third of four abstraction layers that Horizon Quantum has been pursuing as part of its ambitious plan to develop technology that bridges classical computer programming and quantum-accelerated implementation
Developers will be able to access Beryllium through Triple Alpha, Horizon's integrated development environment. Beryllium will sit alongside Triple Alpha's other Turing-complete languages: Helium-a BASIC-like language that supports concurrent classical/quantum workflows-and Hydrogen-a portable, assembly-like language that allows for general control flow.
"At Horizon Quantum, we believe that enabling conventional software developers to harness quantum computers will be key to unlocking new applications," said Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, founder and CEO of Horizon Quantum. "We believe Beryllium is an important milestone, as we introduce the abstraction needed to bridge the gap between classical and quantum programming."
Horizon Quantum will preview Beryllium this week at Q2B Silicon Valley, a leading quantum technology conference. The company will also introduce additional technological progress across its software stack, including new pulse-level capabilities and the ability to execute its Hydrogen code directly on control systems hardware.
About Horizon Quantum
Horizon Quantum's mission is to unlock broad quantum advantage by building software infrastructure that empowers developers to use quantum computing to solve the world's toughest computational problems.
Founded in 2018 by Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, a leading researcher and former professor with more than two decades of experience in quantum computing, the company seeks to bridge the gap between today's hardware and tomorrow's applications through the creation of advanced quantum software development tools. Its integrated development environment, Triple Alpha, enables developers to write sophisticated, hardware-agnostic quantum programs at different levels of abstraction.
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In connection with Horizon Quantum's previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc. ("dMY"), Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. ("Holdco") and Horizon Quantum will file a registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination and certain other matters (the "Registration Statement"), which will include a preliminary proxy statement of dMY and a preliminary prospectus of Holdco with respect to the securities to be offered in the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement is declared effective, dMY will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. The Registration Statement, including the proxy statement/prospectus contained therein, will contain important information about the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at a special meeting of shareholders of dMY (the "Special Meeting"). This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the Business Combination and other matters and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or any other decision in respect of such matters. dMY, Holdco and Horizon Quantum may also file other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") regarding the Business Combination. dMY's shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus contained therein, the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with the Business Combination, as these materials will contain important information about dMY, Horizon Quantum, Holdco, and the Business Combination. The documents filed by dMY, Holdco and Horizon Quantum with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge upon written request to dMY at dMY Squared Technology Group, Inc., 1180 North Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144.
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These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, expectations that Horizon Quantum will be able to integrate access to its testbed with its Triple Alpha system, Beryllium's ability to provide higher levels of abstraction and utility to Horizon Quantum's users, and that Beryllium will be portable across any hardware system. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results and are subject to, without limitation, (i) known and unknown risks, including the risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the dMY Annual Report, dMY's other filings with the SEC, and the Registration Statement, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by dMY, Holdco or Horizon Quantum; (ii) uncertainties; (iii) assumptions; and (iv) other factors beyond dMY's, Holdco's, or Horizon Quantum's control that are difficult to predict because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. They are neither statements of historical fact nor promises or guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements and dMY, Holdco, and Horizon Quantum therefore caution against placing undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements.
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