When is the FPGA hardware platform access for the Microsoft QIO solvers in Azure Quantum being deprecated?

Question

What information is there on changes to the FPGA hardware platform access for the Microsoft QIO solvers in Azure Quantum? When are these changes expected to take effect?

Answer 1

When is the FPGA hardware platform access for the Microsoft QIO solvers in Azure Quantum being deprecated?
The FPGA hardware option for Microsoft QIO solvers will be deprecated on August 30th, 2022. To migrate your existing Azure Quantum code to use CPU hardware instead of FPGA, simply remove the platform parameter in your solver declaration. Further details and a code sample can be found in the Simulated Annealing solver documentation:

To migrate your existing Azure Quantum code to use CPU hardware instead of FPGA, simply remove the platform parameter:

Python:

# Code using FPGA solver (parameter-free)    
solver = SimulatedAnnealing(workspace, timeout=100, seed=22, platform=HardwarePlatform.FPGA)    
    
# Equivalent code using CPU solver (parameter-free)    
solver = SimulatedAnnealing(workspace, timeout=100, seed=22)     
    
# Code using FPGA solver (parameterized)    
solver = SimulatedAnnealing(workspace, sweeps=2, beta_start=0.1, beta_stop=1, restarts=72, seed=22, platform=HardwarePlatform.FPGA)    
    
# Equivalent code using CPU solver (parameterized)    
solver = SimulatedAnnealing(workspace, sweeps=2, beta_start=0.1, beta_stop=1, restarts=72, seed=22)