Source: cirosantilli/quantum-intermediate-representation

= Quantum Intermediate Representation
{tag=LLVM Intermediate Representation}
{title2=QIR}

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/qsharp/introducing-quantum-intermediate-representation-qir/

Used e.g. by <Oxford Quantum Circuits>, https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-dumbell-627454121/ mentions:
> Using <LLVM> to consume QIR and run optimization, scheduling and then outputting hardware-specific instructions.

Presumably the point of it is to allow simulation in <classical computers>?