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                        <a class="header" href="qcgpu.html#qcgpu" id="qcgpu"><h1>QCGPU</h1></a>
<p><strong>QCGPU</strong> is a high performance, hardware accelerated quantum computer simulator written with <a href="https://rust-lang.org/">Rust</a> and <a href="https://www.khronos.org/opencl/">OpenCL</a>.</p>
<p>QCGPU is free and open source. The source code is available on <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust">GitHub</a>. Please report any places where the documentation is unclear, or where examples could be added or improved by creating an <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust/issues">issue</a>.</p>
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<p>Please request any functionality you would like, need or appreciate by creating an <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust/issues">issue</a>. If you would like to add functionality or fix issues, please create a <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust/pulls">pull request</a> and I will get back to you (usually within the day).</p>
<p>Any other feedback, suggestions or even tiny bits of criticism are welcome. When in doubt, file an <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust/issues">issue</a>!</p>
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<p>Alongside this guide, you may also want the <a href="https://qcgpu.github.com/qcgpu/documentation">documentation</a>.</p>
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<p>QCGPU is licensed under the <a href="https://github.com/qcgpu/qcgpu-rust/blob/master/LICENSE">MIT</a> License.</p>

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