Release Aer 0.14 (#2050)

* Aer 0.14

* add deprecation message standalone/qobj

* format

* added prelude

* correct release note

* merge upstream

* update deploy GPU

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "yum install -y yum-utils wget && wget -q https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.4.0/local_installers/cuda-repo-rhel7-12-4-local-12.4.0_550.54.14-1.x86_64.rpm && rpm -i cuda-repo-rhel7-12-4-local-12.4.0_550.54.14-1.x86_64.rpm && yum clean all && yum -y install nvidia-driver-latest-dkms && yum -y install cuda-toolkit-12-4 && yum -y install openblas-devel && yum clean all"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cusolver-cu12 nvidia-cusparse-cu12 cuquantum-cu12"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip cache purge && pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cusolver-cu12 nvidia-cusparse-cu12 cuquantum-cu12"
           CIBW_SKIP: "*-manylinux_i686 pp* cp36* cp37* cp38* cp39* cp310* cp311* *musllinux*"
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: QISKIT_AER_PACKAGE_NAME=qiskit-aer-gpu QISKIT_AER_CUDA_MAJOR=12 CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=true AER_THRUST_BACKEND=CUDA CUDACXX=/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc AER_CUDA_ARCH="7.0 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.0" AER_PYTHON_CUDA_ROOT=/opt/_internal AER_CIBUILD=true
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: 'auditwheel repair --exclude libcudart.so.12 --exclude libcustatevec.so.1 --exclude libcutensornet.so.2 --exclude libcutensor.so.1 --exclude libcutensorMg.so.1 --exclude libcusolver.so.11 --exclude libcusolverMg.so.11 --exclude libcusolver.so.12 --exclude libcusolverMg.so.12 --exclude libcusparse.so.12 --exclude libcublas.so.12 --exclude libcublasLt.so.12 --exclude libnvJitLink.so.12 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}'

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "yum install -y yum-utils wget && wget -q https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.8.0/local_installers/cuda-repo-rhel7-11-8-local-11.8.0_520.61.05-1.x86_64.rpm && rpm -i cuda-repo-rhel7-11-8-local-11.8.0_520.61.05-1.x86_64.rpm && yum clean all && yum -y install cuda && yum -y install openblas-devel && yum-config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/rhel7/x86_64/cuda-rhel7.repo && yum clean all"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu11 nvidia-cublas-cu11 nvidia-cusolver-cu11 nvidia-cusparse-cu11 cuquantum-cu11"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip cache purge && pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu11 nvidia-cublas-cu11 nvidia-cusolver-cu11 nvidia-cusparse-cu11 cuquantum-cu11"
           CIBW_SKIP: "*-manylinux_i686 pp* cp36* cp37* *musllinux*"
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: QISKIT_AER_PACKAGE_NAME=qiskit-aer-gpu-cu11 QISKIT_AER_CUDA_MAJOR=11 CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=true AER_THRUST_BACKEND=CUDA CUDACXX=/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc AER_CUDA_ARCH="7.0 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7" AER_PYTHON_CUDA_ROOT=/opt/_internal AER_CIBUILD=true
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: 'auditwheel repair --exclude libcudart.so.11.0 --exclude libcustatevec.so.1 --exclude libcutensornet.so.2 --exclude libcutensor.so.1 --exclude libcutensorMg.so.1 --exclude libcusolver.so.11 --exclude libcusolverMg.so.11 --exclude libcusparse.so.11 --exclude libcublas.so.11 --exclude libcublasLt.so.11 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}'
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         env:
           CIBW_BEFORE_ALL: "yum install -y yum-utils wget && wget -q https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.4.0/local_installers/cuda-repo-rhel7-12-4-local-12.4.0_550.54.14-1.x86_64.rpm && rpm -i cuda-repo-rhel7-12-4-local-12.4.0_550.54.14-1.x86_64.rpm && yum clean all && yum -y install nvidia-driver-latest-dkms && yum -y install cuda-toolkit-12-4 && yum -y install openblas-devel && yum clean all"
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cusolver-cu12 nvidia-cusparse-cu12 cuquantum-cu12"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD : "pip cache purge && pip install nvidia-cuda-runtime-cu12 nvidia-nvjitlink-cu12 nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cusolver-cu12 nvidia-cusparse-cu12 cuquantum-cu12"
           CIBW_SKIP: "*-manylinux_i686 pp* cp36* cp37* *musllinux*"
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: QISKIT_AER_PACKAGE_NAME=qiskit-aer-gpu QISKIT_AER_CUDA_MAJOR=12 CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=true AER_THRUST_BACKEND=CUDA CUDACXX=/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc AER_CUDA_ARCH="7.0 7.2 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 9.0" AER_PYTHON_CUDA_ROOT=/opt/_internal AER_CIBUILD=true
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: 'auditwheel repair --exclude libcudart.so.12 --exclude libcustatevec.so.1 --exclude libcutensornet.so.2 --exclude libcutensor.so.1 --exclude libcutensorMg.so.1 --exclude libcusolver.so.11 --exclude libcusolverMg.so.11 --exclude libcusolver.so.12 --exclude libcusolverMg.so.12 --exclude libcusparse.so.12 --exclude libcublas.so.12 --exclude libcublasLt.so.12 --exclude libnvJitLink.so.12 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}'

contrib/standalone/qasm_simulator.cpp

@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   json_t config;
   int myrank = 0;
 
+  std::cerr << "The standalone simulator is deprecated as of Qiskit 0.14"
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "and will be removed no sooner than 3 months from that release."
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "Please run the simulator from Python using AerSimulator.run()"
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << "with qiskit.circuit" << std::endl;
+
 #ifdef AER_MPI
   int prov;
   int nprocs = 1;

docs/conf.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ author = 'Qiskit Development Team'
 # The short X.Y version
 version = '0.14.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.14.0'
+release = '0.14.0.1'
 
 templates_path = ['_templates']
 

qiskit_aer/VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.14.0
+0.14.0.1

qiskit_aer/backends/aerbackend.py

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class AerBackend(Backend, ABC):
 
     # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
     def run(self, circuits, validate=False, parameter_binds=None, **run_options):
-        """Run a qobj on the backend.
+        """Run circuits on the backend.
 
         Args:
             circuits (QuantumCircuit or list): The QuantumCircuit (or list
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class AerBackend(Backend, ABC):
 
         if isinstance(circuits, (QasmQobj, PulseQobj)):
             warnings.warn(
-                "Using a qobj for run() is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.9.0"
+                "Using a qobj for run() is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.14"
                 " and will be removed no sooner than 3 months from that release"
                 " date. Transpiled circuits should now be passed directly using"
                 " `backend.run(circuits, **run_options).",

qiskit_aer/jobs/aerjob.py

@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class AerJob(Job):
             Qobj: the Qobj submitted for this job.
         """
         warnings.warn(
-            "`AerJob.qobj() is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.12.0`. "
-            "Using a qobj for `backend.run()` is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.9.0"
+            "`AerJob.qobj() is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.14`. "
+            "Using a qobj for `backend.run()` is deprecated as of qiskit-aer 0.14"
             " and will be removed no sooner than 3 months from that release"
             " date. Once it is removed, this `qobj()` returns always `None`.",
             DeprecationWarning,

releasenotes/notes/0.14/release0.14-2c69aff018f985e6.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+prelude: >
+    Aer release 0.14 supports Qiskit 1.0 and based on BackendV2.
+    These are summary of features included in this release:
+    - Optimization of MPS method by using BLAS/LAPACK
+    - Implementing V2 primitives EstimatorV2/SamplerV2
+    - Deprecation of standalone/qobj (will be removed in the next release)