Microcoded Architectures for Ion-Tap Quantum Computers

In this paper we present the first ever systematic design space exploration of microcoded software fault tolerant ion-trap quantum computers. This exploration reveals the critical importance of a well-tuned microcode for providing high performance and ensuring system reliability. In addition, we fin...

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Published in:2008 International Symposium on Computer Architecture pp. 165 - 176
Main Authors: Kreger-Stickles, Lucas, Oskin, Mark
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 01.06.2008
IEEE
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Architecture
Computer architecture
Computer errors
Error correction
Fault tolerance
Hardware
Hardware > Electronic design automation > Methodologies for EDA
Hardware > Hardware test
Hardware > Integrated circuits > Logic circuits > Arithmetic and datapath circuits
Hardware > Integrated circuits > Logic circuits > Design modules and hierarchy
Hardware > Robustness
Hardware > Very large scale integration design > Application-specific VLSI designs > Application specific instruction set processors
Ion-Trap
Large-scale systems
Microarchitecture
Microcoded
Quantum
Quantum computing
Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools > General programming languages > Language features > Control structures
Space exploration
Space technology
Timing
Quantum
Ion-Trap
Architecture
Microcoded
ISBN:9780769531748, 0769531741
ISSN:1063-6897
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Summary:In this paper we present the first ever systematic design space exploration of microcoded software fault tolerant ion-trap quantum computers. This exploration reveals the critical importance of a well-tuned microcode for providing high performance and ensuring system reliability. In addition, we find that, despite recent advances in the reliability of quantum memory, the impact of errors due to stored quantum data is now, and will continue to be, a major source of systemic error. Finally, our exploration reveals a single design which out performs all others we considered in run time, fidelity and area. For completeness our design space exploration includes designs from prior work and we find a novel design that is 1/2 the size, 3 times as fast, and an order of magnitude more reliable.
ISBN:9780769531748
0769531741
ISSN:1063-6897
DOI:10.1109/ISCA.2008.28