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Create release candidate v0.24.0 #304

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22 changes: 14 additions & 8 deletions .github/CHANGELOG.md
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# Release 0.24.0-dev
# Release 0.24.0

### New features since last release

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* Add a new dispatch mechanism for future kernels.
[(#291)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/291)

* Add IsingXY gate operation.
[(#303)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/303)

### Breaking changes

* Codebase is now moving to C++20. The default compiler for Linux is now GCC10.
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### Improvements

* Split matrix operations, refactor dispatch mechanisms, and add a benchmark suits.
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Ah! It's fixed in the release notes and will update CHANGELOG consequently. Thanks!

[(#274)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/274)

* Add native support for the calculation of sparse Hamiltonians' expectation values. Sparse operations are offloaded to [Kokkos](https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos) and [Kokkos-Kernels](https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels).
[(#283)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/283)

* Device `lightning.qubit` now accepts a datatype for a statevector.
[(#290)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/290)

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dev2 = qml.device('lightning.qubit', wires=4, c_dtype=np.complex128) # for double precision
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* Split matrix operations, refactor dispatch mechanisms, and add a benchmark suits.
[(#274)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/274)

* Add native support for the calculation of sparse Hamiltonians' expectation values. Sparse operations are offloaded to [Kokkos](https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos) and [Kokkos-Kernels](https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos-kernels).
[(#283)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/283)

### Documentation

* Use the centralized [Xanadu Sphinx Theme](https://github.com/XanaduAI/xanadu-sphinx-theme)
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### Bug fixes

* Fix the issue with using available `clang-format` version in format.
[#(288)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/288)
[(#288)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/288)

* Fix a bug in the generator of `DoubleExcitationPlus`.
[(#298)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/298)

### Contributors

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Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
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__version__ = "0.24.0-dev15"
__version__ = "0.24.0"