Periodic Reporting for period 1 - RoCCQeT (Real-World Commercial Coherent Quantum Annealing Technology)
Reporting period: 2023-03-01 to 2024-02-29
Simulating real-world processes without actively performing them offers immense benefits across various fields and industries. These include cost-effectiveness, time efficiency, risk-free testing, and the ability to rapidly optimize and improve the process. These advantages have been major contributors to the rise of the computing industry. However, some processes are so complex that classical computing lacks the power and resources to simulate them in a relevant timeframe. Such complex problems and processes are found in multiple industries, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors.
Quantum computing theoretically possesses the capacity to tackle the simulation of some of these complex problems in a suitable timeframe, thanks to its fundamentally different approach to encoding information. Digital quantum computers, however, require quantum error correction and a number of qubits that is technologically not yet achievable. Analogue quantum computing, in contrast, could simulate the aforementioned problems with only a few qubits.
Our objective with RoCCQeT is to develop several prototypes of analogue quantum computing processors (AQPU) using superconducting qubits, aimed at simulating processes that would be slow on classical simulators. Our goal is to simulate the ground state of small and medium-sized molecules, a task beyond the capabilities of our current methods. We hope to demonstrate the effectiveness of our superconducting qubit technology in achieving quantum speedup in chemistry simulations, even with moderately sized quantum processors.
Quantum computing theoretically possesses the capacity to tackle the simulation of some of these complex problems in a suitable timeframe, thanks to its fundamentally different approach to encoding information. Digital quantum computers, however, require quantum error correction and a number of qubits that is technologically not yet achievable. Analogue quantum computing, in contrast, could simulate the aforementioned problems with only a few qubits.
Our objective with RoCCQeT is to develop several prototypes of analogue quantum computing processors (AQPU) using superconducting qubits, aimed at simulating processes that would be slow on classical simulators. Our goal is to simulate the ground state of small and medium-sized molecules, a task beyond the capabilities of our current methods. We hope to demonstrate the effectiveness of our superconducting qubit technology in achieving quantum speedup in chemistry simulations, even with moderately sized quantum processors.
Building an Analog Quantum Processing Unit (AQPU) necessitates expertise in hardware, knowledge of quantum algorithms, and a software stack for control. To facilitate this, we have established a co-design platform where specialists from various areas can interact constructively to collaboratively build the product. This interdisciplinary approach was essential for the development of an AQPU, as it required hardware specialists, theoretical physicists, and software experts to apply their respective expertise while concurrently understanding the physical limitations.
Within this co-design platform, we have successfully designed the blueprints for our initial single and double qubit analogue processors and fabricated them (see pictures below). Additionally, we have developed algorithms to not only demonstrate the analogue coherence of our processor but also to showcase the initial chemistry simulations. This marks a significant step forward in our efforts to advance quantum computing technology.
Within this co-design platform, we have successfully designed the blueprints for our initial single and double qubit analogue processors and fabricated them (see pictures below). Additionally, we have developed algorithms to not only demonstrate the analogue coherence of our processor but also to showcase the initial chemistry simulations. This marks a significant step forward in our efforts to advance quantum computing technology.