Profiling quantum circuits for their efficient execution on single- and multi-core architectures

Application-specific quantum computers offer the most efficient means to tackle problems intractable by classical computers. Realizing these architectures necessitates a deep understanding of quantum circuit properties and their relationship to execution outcomes on quantum devices. Our study aims t...

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Authors: Bandic, Medina, le Henaff, Pablo, Ovide González, Anabel, Escofet i Majoral, Pau, Ben Rached, Sahar, Rodrigo Muñoz, Santiago, van Someren, Hans, Abadal Cavallé, Sergi|||0000-0003-0941-0260, Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José|||0000-0001-7663-7153, García Almudever, Carmen, Feld, Sebastian
Format: article
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/431867
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/431867
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ada180
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Quantum circuit mapping
Multi-core quantum computers
Modular architectures
Quantum communication
Interaction graphs
Quantum benchmarks
Gate-dependency graphs
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Summary:Application-specific quantum computers offer the most efficient means to tackle problems intractable by classical computers. Realizing these architectures necessitates a deep understanding of quantum circuit properties and their relationship to execution outcomes on quantum devices. Our study aims to perform for the first time a rigorous examination of quantum circuits by introducing graph theory-based metrics extracted from their qubit interaction graph and gate dependency graph (GDG) alongside conventional parameters describing the circuit itself. This methodology facilitates a comprehensive analysis and clustering of quantum circuits. Furthermore, it uncovers a connection between parameters rooted in both qubit interaction and GDGs, and the performance metrics for quantum circuit mapping, across a range of established quantum device and mapping configurations. Among the various device configurations, we particularly emphasize modular (i.e. multi-core) quantum computing architectures due to their high potential as a viable solution for quantum device scalability. This thorough analysis will help us to: i) identify key attributes of quantum circuits that affect the quantum circuit mapping performance metrics; ii) predict the performance on a specific chip for similar circuit structures; iii) determine preferable combinations of mapping techniques and hardware setups for specific circuits; and iv) define representative benchmark sets by clustering similarly structured circuits.