Programming languages and compiler design for realistic quantum hardware

Frederic T. Chong (), Diana Franklin and Margaret Martonosi
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Frederic T. Chong: University of Chicago
Diana Franklin: University of Chicago
Margaret Martonosi: Princeton University

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7671, 180-187

Abstract: Abstract Quantum computing sits at an important inflection point. For years, high-level algorithms for quantum computers have shown considerable promise, and recent advances in quantum device fabrication offer hope of utility. A gap still exists, however, between the hardware size and reliability requirements of quantum computing algorithms and the physical machines foreseen within the next ten years. To bridge this gap, quantum computers require appropriate software to translate and optimize applications (toolflows) and abstraction layers. Given the stringent resource constraints in quantum computing, information passed between layers of software and implementations will differ markedly from in classical computing. Quantum toolflows must expose more physical details between layers, so the challenge is to find abstractions that expose key details while hiding enough complexity.

Date: 2017
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