Master Thesis MSTR-2020-50

BibliographyWangler, Thomas: Development of a vendor independent quantum computing transpiler.
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Master Thesis No. 50 (2020).
72 pages, english.
Abstract

In 2019 a quantum computer took 200 seconds for a task for which a state-of-the-art classical supercomputer would need roughly 10,000 years. Quantum supremacy was shown and the development of quantum technology proceeds quickly. However, several aspects limit the implementation and execution of quantum circuits. The vendors of quantum computers provide their own proprietary software development kit (SDK) to execute quantum circuits on their quantum processing units (QPUs). Furthermore, the computers differ regarding various properties like the native gate set and the qubit connectivity. Therefore, quantum circuits cannot be executed on arbitrary QPUs, but there exists a tight coupling between a QPU and a quantum algorithm implementation. To decouple the development of a circuit from the QPU, this thesis proposes a quantum circuit analysis and transpilation framework that integrates quantum SDKs and enables the comparison and analysis of quantum circuits, as well as the export of executable circuits in the respective assembly language of QPUs from different vendors. Currently existing QPUs, also called Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) machines, have a very limited number of qubits and are prone to failure. Thus, the integration of different QPUs enhances the possibilities of quantum circuit developers and avoids the SDK lock-in. Additionally, a graphical user interface is developed to support the user in the whole process of importing, visualizing, editing, and simulating a quantum circuit, as well as, choosing a suitable QPU to execute the circuit.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Architecture of Application Systems
Superviser(s)Leymann, Prof. Frank; Salm, Marie; Weder, Benjamin
Entry dateMarch 3, 2021
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