Title :
Accelerator circuits for quantum simulation
Author :
Kitrungrotsakul, Yuranan ; Chongstitvatana, Prabhas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract :
Although a quantum computer is the future of computing, its practical implementation is still far off. Programming a quantum computer is also difficult. Thus, using a quantum computer simulator is a way to learn how to use a quantum computer. QCL is one of the quantum computer simulators. It can simulate the quantum environment and execute quantum computer programs. However, the quantum computer simulator has limited storage due to its data structure that simulates quantum bits. It takes long time to simulate a large number of quantum bits. This work proposes an accelerator of quantum simulator which is implemented in hardware circuits with Field Programmable Gate Array technology.
Keywords :
data structures; field programmable gate arrays; quantum computing; QCL; accelerator circuits; data structure; field programmable gate array technology; quantum computer simulator; quantum simulation; Algorithm design and analysis; Computers; Hardware; Mathematical model; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum computing; Software; QCL simulator; acceleator circuits; quantum computer;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE), 2015 12th International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Songkhla
DOI :
10.1109/JCSSE.2015.7219802