Simulating Quantum Computing on Traditional HPC Systems: Developing Tomorrow’s Quantum Algorithms on Today’s CMOS Hardware
Werner Scholz1 1XENON Systems, Springvale, VIC, Australia
Abstract
The field of quantum computing is receiving growing attention for its potential to break some barriers of traditional CMOS-based hardware. While practical quantum computers are still under development using a variety of different approaches and physical implementations of their fundamental compute elements (qubits), simulating quantum computing on traditional High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems has emerged as a valuable approach for gaining insights into quantum systems and algorithms. This presentation explores the systems, solutions, and software stacks available today for the simulation of quantum computers on HPC systems.
We will provide an overview of quantum computing simulation techniques and the challenges involved as well as some of the hardware and software available today to run quantum simulations. Recent advances in standard CMOS-based hardware and especially powerful accelerators have increased the size of quantum computer systems which can be simulated, but there are still limits to both the system size and fidelity of the simulations. A variety of simulation tools/frameworks/SDKs are available and we will review their capabilities, challenges, and limitations.
By attending this presentation, participants will gain insights how traditional HPC systems can be leveraged for the simulation of quantum computing systems and some of the important considerations for choosing the right platform for the development of quantum computing algorithms while awaiting the advent of practical quantum hardware.
Biography
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-2648
Dr. Werner Scholz is CTO and Head of R&D at XENON Systems, a consultancy, solutions and services provider for HPC, AI, data storage and data management solutions. At XENON Systems, Werner is working with a team of dedicated, experienced, and highly skilled solutions architects and engineers on systems for some of the largest supercomputing, AI, cloud, and research institutes in Australia and the APAC region. Werner graduated with Master’s and PhD degrees in Physics from the Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria, where he developed a widely used MPI parallel open source simulation package for magnetic materials. Before joining XENON Systems, Werner led a team of engineers at Seagate Technology in the US where he developed Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording technologies for next generation hard disk drives and managed Seagate’s HPC infrastructure.