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Programming languages and compiler design for realistic quantum hardware

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  • Frederic T. Chong

    (University of Chicago)

  • Diana Franklin

    (University of Chicago)

  • Margaret Martonosi

    (Princeton University)

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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.

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  • Frederic T. Chong & Diana Franklin & Margaret Martonosi, 2017. "Programming languages and compiler design for realistic quantum hardware," Nature, Nature, vol. 549(7671), pages 180-187, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:549:y:2017:i:7671:d:10.1038_nature23459
    DOI: 10.1038/nature23459
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