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We provide multiple simulation backends for Qibo, which are automatically loaded
if the corresponding packages are installed, following the hierarchy below:

* :ref:`installing-qibojit`: an efficient simulation backend for CPU and GPU based on just-in-time (JIT) compiled custom operators. Install this package if you need to simulate quantum circuits with large number of qubits or complex quantum algorithms which may benefit from computing parallelism.
* :ref:`installing-qibojit`: an efficient simulation backend for CPU, GPU and multi-GPU based on just-in-time (JIT) compiled custom operators. Install this package if you need to simulate quantum circuits with large number of qubits or complex quantum algorithms which may benefit from computing parallelism.
* :ref:`installing-qibotf`: an efficient simulation backend for CPU, GPU and multi-GPU based on TensorFlow custom operators. Install this package if you need to simulate quantum circuits with large number of qubits or complex quantum algorithms which may benefit from computing parallelism.
* :ref:`installing-tensorflow`: a pure TensorFlow implementation for quantum simulation which provides access to gradient descent optimization and the possibility to implement classical and quantum architectures together. This backend is not optimized for memory and speed, use :ref:`installing-qibotf` instead.
* :ref:`installing-numpy`: a lightweight quantum simulator shipped with the :ref:`installing-qibo` base package. Use this simulator if your CPU architecture is not supported by the other backends. Please note that the simulation performance is quite poor in comparison to other backends.
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We provide the following hardware control backends for Qibo:

* :ref:`installing-qiboicarusq`: a module for laboratories, containing the specifics to operate Qibo on chips based on superconducting qubits, designed specifically for the IcarusQ experiment at `CQT <https://https://www.quantumlah.org/>`_.
* :ref:`installing-qiboicarusq` (*experimental*): a module for laboratories, containing the specifics to operate Qibo on chips based on superconducting qubits, designed specifically for the IcarusQ experiment at `CQT <https://www.quantumlah.org/>`_.

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