XACC: a system-level software infrastructure for heterogeneous quantum–classical computing
| Autor: | Sarah Powers, Travis S. Humble, Eugene F. Dumitrescu, Dmitry I. Lyakh, Alexander McCaskey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Quantum programming
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Computer science business.industry Materials Science (miscellaneous) computer.software_genre Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Software Workflow Programming paradigm Compiler Electrical and Electronic Engineering Architecture Software engineering business computer System software Quantum computer computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Quantum Science and Technology. 5:024002 |
| ISSN: | 2058-9565 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/2058-9565/ab6bf6 |
| Popis: | Quantum programming techniques and software have advanced significantly over the past five years, with a majority focusing on high-level language frameworks targeting remote REST library APIs. As quantum computing architectures advance and become more widely available, lower-level, system software infrastructures will be needed to enable tighter, co-processor programming and access models. Here we present XACC, a system-level software infrastructure for quantum-classical computing that promotes a service-oriented architecture to expose interfaces for core quantum programming, compilation, and execution tasks. We detail XACC's interfaces, their interactions, and its implementation as a hardware-agnostic framework for both near-term and future quantum-classical architectures. We provide concrete examples demonstrating the utility of this framework with paradigmatic tasks. Our approach lays the foundation for the development of compilers, associated runtimes, and low-level system tools tightly integrating quantum and classical workflows. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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