PFCQC: STAQ: Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum Co-Design
The STAQ project seeks to demonstrate the potential of quantum computing over classical computing by using an ion trap quantum hardware platform developed at Duke with 64 or more qubits. To make this possible, Duke University is developing a co-design between hardware and software. NC State proposes to support these efforts by creating a transpiler to translate Qiskit programs to run on STAQ devices. In addition, NC State will assess the benefits of creating complex native gates and modeling the reliability of STAQ ion trap quantum computers, potentially leading to the earlier demonstration of quantum advantage.
Sponsor
Duke University
The grant—running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023—is for a total of $623,408.
Principle Investigators
Frank Mueller
Huiyang Zhou
Alexander Kemper
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Quantum computing has the potential to provide a significant advantage
over classical computing in terms of algorithmic complexity. The STAQ
project is focused on demonstrating such an advantage on an ion trap
quantum hardware platform developed at Duke with 64 or more qubits.
This requires a co-design between hardware and software to be
successful, which Duke University has been developing. NCSU proposes
to complement these efforts, potentially leading to earlier
demonstration of quantum advantage, by creating a transpiler to
translate Qiskit programs to run on STAQ devices, assess benefits of
creating complex native gates, and modeling the reliability of STAQ
ion trap quantum computers.