Abstract
Quantum computing is emerging at a meteoric pace from a pure academic field to a fully industrial framework. Rapid advances are happening both in the physical realisations of quantum chips, and in their potential software applications. In contrast, we are not seeing that rapid growth in the design and verification methodologies for scaled-up quantum machines. In this work we describe the field of verification of quantum computers. We discuss the underlying concepts of this field, its theoretical and practical challenges, and state-of-the-art approaches to addressing those challenges. The goal of this paper is to help facilitate early efforts to adapt and create verification methodologies for quantum computers and systems. Without such early efforts, a debilitating gap may form between the state-of-the-art of low level physical technologies for quantum computers, and our ability to build medium, large, and very large scale integrated quantum circuits (M/L/VLSIQ).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018 |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 721-730 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 2018-January |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-9819263-0-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 19 Mar 2018 → 23 Mar 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 2018 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Dresden |
Period | 19/03/18 → 23/03/18 |
Keywords
- design automation
- Quantum computing
- verification
- very large scale integrated quantum circuits
- VLSIQ