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Xanadu and AMD launch Backline to streamline CPU, GPU, FPGA integration for quantum ...
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Fusion42 · 10 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
Xanadu and AMD have co-launched Backline, an open-platform solution integrated with the PennyLane software, to enable ultra-low-latency communication between classical hardware like CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and quantum processors, breaking vendor lock-in and supporting quantum error correction and real-time processing.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You can now build quantum applications with flexible, vendor-agnostic hardware integration using AMD and Xanadu's Backline. This opens immediate opportunities to prototype and scale hybrid quantum-classical systems without the usual hardware constraints.
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