Xanadu

PennyLane Lightning

The Lightning plugin family — `lightning.qubit` (C++ CPU), `lightning.gpu` (cuQuantum), and `lightning.kokkos` (multi-architecture HPC) — provides Xanadu's fast state-vector and tensor-network simulators for PennyLane. Designed for 20+ qubit research workflows and HPC integration.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.pennylane.ai/projects/lightning/en/stable/

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning

Other Resources

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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/PennyLane-Lightning/

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: xanadu-ai:pennylane-lightning
name: PennyLane Lightning
tags:
- Simulators
- State Vector
- Tensor Networks
- GPU
- HPC
humanURL: https://docs.pennylane.ai/projects/lightning
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.pennylane.ai/projects/lightning/en/stable/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/PennyLane-Lightning/
description: The Lightning plugin family — `lightning.qubit` (C++ CPU), `lightning.gpu` (cuQuantum), and
  `lightning.kokkos` (multi-architecture HPC) — provides Xanadu's fast state-vector and tensor-network
  simulators for PennyLane. Designed for 20+ qubit research workflows and HPC integration.