On double full-stack communications-enabled architectures for multi-core quantum computers

Despite its tremendous potential, it is still unclear how quantum computing will scale to satisfy the requirements of its most powerful applications. Among other issues, there are hard limits to the number of qubits that can be integrated into a single chip. Multi-core architectures are a firm candi...

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Autores: Rodrigo Muñoz, Santiago, Abadal Cavallé, Sergi|||0000-0003-0941-0260, Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José|||0000-0001-7663-7153, Bandic, Medina, van Someren, Hans, García Almudéver, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/349287
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/349287
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MM.2021.3092706
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum computers
Qubit
Quantum computing
Computer architecture
Logic gates
Quantum entanglement
Quantum state
Ordinadors quàntics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Arquitectura de computadors
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Sumario:Despite its tremendous potential, it is still unclear how quantum computing will scale to satisfy the requirements of its most powerful applications. Among other issues, there are hard limits to the number of qubits that can be integrated into a single chip. Multi-core architectures are a firm candidate for unlocking the scalability of quantum processors. Nonetheless, the vulnerability and complexity of quantum communications make this a challenging approach. A comprehensive design should imply consolidating the communications stack in the quantum computer architecture. In this paper, we explain how this vision, by entangling communications and computation in the core of the design, may help to solve the open challenges. We also summarize the first results of our application of structured design methodologies backing this vision. With our work, we hope to contribute with design guidelines that may help unleash the potential of quantum computing.