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On the Co-Design of Quantum Software and Hardware

Year: 2021

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: A quantum computing system naturally consists of two components, the software system and the hardware system. Quantum applications are programmed using the quantum software and then executed on the quantum hardware. However, the performance of existing quantum computing system is still limited. Solving a practical problem that is beyond the capability of classical computers on a quantum computer has not yet been demonstrated. In this review, we point out that the quantum software and hardware systems should be designed collaboratively to fully exploit the potential of quantum computing. We first review three related works, including one hardware-aware quantum compiler optimization, one application-aware quantum hardware architecture design flow, and one co-design approach for the emerging quantum computational chemistry. Then we discuss some potential future directions following the co-design principle.

Source: ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NANOCOM)

DOI: 10.1145/3477206.3477464

Authors: Gushu Li, Anbang Wu, Yunong Shi, Ali Javadi-Abhari, Yufei Ding, Yuan Xie

Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara, Amazon (United States), IBM (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research

Awards: CC* Compute: A high-performance GPU cluster for accelerated research, CAREER: FET: A Top-down Compilation Infrastructure for Optimization and Debugging in the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) era, G4800547303, Convergence QL: Workshop Series: Cross- Sector Connections in Quantum Leap, G5298095028