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Microsoft has released a free preview version of its Quantum Development Kit, which includes the Q# programming language, a compiler and a quantum computing simulator. The company is also integrating the kit into Visual Studio, and it has launched a separate version of the simulator on its Azure cloud computing service.
The company previously announced its quantum computing plans in September at the Ignite conference. IBM is also developing quantum computing technology.
