An Integrated Development Environment for Adiabatic Quantum Programming

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Computational Science & Discovery

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1749-4680/7/1/015006· OSTI ID:1136791

Humble, Travis S ^[1]; McCaskey, Alex ^[1]; Bennink, Ryan S ^[1]; Billings, Jay Jay ^[1]; D'Azevedo, Eduardo ^[1]; Sullivan, Blair D ^[1]; Klymko, Christine F ^[1]; Seddiqi, Hadayat ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Adiabatic quantum computing is a promising route to the computational power afforded by quantum information processing. The recent availability of adiabatic hardware raises the question of how well quantum programs perform. Benchmarking behavior is challenging since the multiple steps to synthesize an adiabatic quantum program are highly tunable. We present an adiabatic quantum programming environment called JADE that provides control over all the steps taken during program development. JADE captures the workflow needed to rigorously benchmark performance while also allowing a variety of problem types, programming techniques, and processor configurations. We have also integrated JADE with a quantum simulation engine that enables program profiling using numerical calculation. The computational engine supports plug-ins for simulation methodologies tailored to various metrics and computing resources. We present the design, integration, and deployment of JADE and discuss its use for benchmarking adiabatic quantum programs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1136791
• Journal Information: Computational Science & Discovery, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 1749--4699
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

QUANTUM COMPUTERS
PROGRAMMING
ISING MODEL
QUANTUM INFORMATION
quantum computing
programming
ising models
quantum physics
quantum information