NVIDIA/cudaqx 0.5.0

0.5.0

Repository: NVIDIA/cudaqx

Tag: 0.5.0

Published: 2025-11-18T22:41:33Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

CUDA-Q QEC 0.5.0 and CUDA-Q Solvers 0.5.0

This is combined release of CUDA-Q QEC and CUDA-Q Solvers, both version 0.5.0.

This release introduces three major new decoders - our TensorRT AI/ML decoder, a GPU-accelerated implementation of the RelayBP decoding algorithm [1], and a new Sliding Window decoder.

CUDA-Q QEC 0.5.0 also includes our first real-time decoder API, enabling true in-kernel decoding for quantum error-correcting codes implemented directly in CUDA-Q! This makes it possible to integrate real-time QEC decoding into device-side kernels and will allow richer experimentation both in simulation and on real hardware [2].

Additionally, support for CUDA 13 is added in this release. Many more features are listed below!

Note: Support for Python 3.10 has been removed in this release.

Please check out the docs and examples for how to get started using the CUDA-QX libraries!

_Note: CUDA-Q QEC 0.5.0 and CUDA-Q Solvers 0.5.0 both depend on CUDA-Q 0.13.0._

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01779 [2] https://docs.quantinuum.com/systems/trainings/helios/getting_started/gpu_decoding.html

Features and Enhancements (QEC) 🎉

• Generalize single_error_lut to multi_error_lut by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/281
• Create sliding window decoder by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/198
• Add TensorRT decoder by @wsttiger in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/307
• Real-time decoding support by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/333

Bug Fixes (QEC) 🐛

• Fix issue #258: added check and informative error message by @kvmto in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/261
• Fix tensor_network_decoder.py warning by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/328

nv-qldpc-decoder Updates (Closed Source)

• Update the nv-qldpc-decoder to support RelayBP by adding new options into the existing framework
• Update the nv-qldpc-decoder to support a proc_float option to select fp32 processing (instead of fp64 default)

Features and Enhancements (Solvers) 🎉

• Add uccgsd ansatz by @marwafar in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/319

Bug Fixes (Solvers) 🐛

• Fixing the UHF hamiltonian generation by @marwafar in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/309

Documentation ✏️

• Add workaround for Blackwell by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/247
• Doc: update the supported gpu and python versions by @caiyunh in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/251
• Add API doc update for BP by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/243
• Update gqe example for mpi by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/245
• Add instructions for installing dependencies of optional python components by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/274
• Fix rendering of doc by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/276
• Updating qec docs by @sacpis in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/283
• Add CMake options description in Building.md by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/285
• Fix invalid reference to cudaqx-config on QEC Introduction docs page by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/287
• Improve capitalization and add developer information of PRIMA by @zaikunzhang in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/290
• Add libgfortran to NOTICE file by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/292
• Fix missing docstring for solvers lib by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/297
• Added python test procedure by @cketcham2333 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/322

Common / Misc

• Incorporate validation script updates from releases/v0.4.0 branch by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/253
• Delay target specification until execution by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/244
• Add patch_wheel_metadata.sh script by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/275
• Add prune_cudaqx-dev_by_sha.sh helper script by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/280
• Update devdeps image to Ubuntu 24.04 by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/302
• Fix dev images (CUDA 12.6 instead of 12.0) by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/306
• Remove Python 3.10 and update test images by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/305
• [ci] Use Python 3.12 for yapf by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/310
• Advance from python3.10 to 3.11+ by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/312
• Prepare for CUDA 13 by @mitchdz in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/308
• bump cuquantum 25.06 -> 25.09, bump cudaq commit by @mitchdz in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/318
• Add CUDA 13 support and add metapackages by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/320
• Fix address sanitizer issue by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/323
• Fixed double free error by @cketcham2333 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/327
• Misc fixes for various build/test environments by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/331
• Fix TRT Decoder CMake for unsupported platforms by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/332
• Removed num_syndromes_per_round by @cketcham2333 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/338
• Cleanup the extra payload provider support by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/342
• Script and config updates in preparation for 0.5.0 by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/341
• Torch/TensorRT wheel compatibility updates by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/350
• Don't throw error if optional TRT dependencies are not installed by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/352
• Bump cuQuantum 25.09 -> 25.09.1 by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/351

Testing

• Add tests for qec lib by @caiyunh in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/226
• Test python examples in build_wheels job by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/256
• Use 'tensor-network-decoder' in pip install instructions by @melody-ren in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/263
• Change v100 runners to a100 by @bmhowe23 in https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudaqx/pull/266
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