A Uniform Quantum Computing Model Based on Virtual Quantum Processors
This addresses the problem of noise and connectivity issues in quantum computing for researchers and developers, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing hybrid approaches.
The paper tackles the limited computational power of current noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers by proposing a virtual quantum processor that emulates a hybrid quantum machine, enabling quantum-logical computations that can be replaced by future native quantum processors.
Quantum Computers, one fully realized, can represent an exponential boost in computing power. However, the computational power of the current quantum computers, referred to as Noisy Internediate Scale Quantum, or NISQ, is severely limited because of environmental and intrinsic noise, as well as the very low connectivity between qubits compared to their total amount. We propose a virtual quantum processor that emulates a generic hybrid quantum machine which can serve as a logical version of quantum computing hardware. This hybrid classical quantum machine powers quantum-logical computations which are substitutable by future native quantum processors.