How it works
Xanadu develops photonic quantum-computing hardware and open software for quantum-classical workflows. Aurora demonstrates modular chips, optical interconnects and real-time control primitives; PennyLane and the new Backline layer support software and classical-hardware integration. Optical loss and scale remain barriers to useful fault-tolerant hardware.
Technical detail
Core features
- Modular photonic architecture with fibre interconnects and real-time feed-forward
- Aurora scale model with 35 photonic chips and 12 physical qubit modes per cycle
- PennyLane and Catalyst support for hybrid quantum/classical programming
- Backline connects CPU, GPU and FPGA processing through low-latency RDMA-based execution