Author:
Vázquez-Pérez Jorge,Piñeiro César,Pichel Juan C.,Pena Tomás F.,Gómez Andrés
Abstract
AbstractThe integration of quantum processing units (QPUs) in a heterogeneous high-performance computing environment requires solutions that facilitate hybrid classical–quantum programming. Standards such as OpenCL facilitate the programming of heterogeneous environments, consisting of CPUs and hardware accelerators. This study presents an innovative method that incorporates QPU functionality into OpenCL, standardizing quantum processes within classical environments. By leveraging QPUs within OpenCL, hybrid quantum–classical computations can be sped up, impacting domains like cryptography, optimization problems, and quantum chemistry simulations. Using Portable Computing Language (Jääskeläinen et al. in Int J Parallel Program 43(5):752–785, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10766-014-0320-y) and the Qulacs library (Suzuki et al. in Quantum 5:559, 2021. https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2021-10-06-559), results demonstrate, for instance, the successful execution of Shor’s algorithm (Nielsen and Chuang in Quantum computation and quantum information, 10th anniversary edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010), serving as a proof of concept for extending the approach to larger qubit systems and other hybrid quantum–classical algorithms. This integration approach bridges the gap between quantum and classical computing paradigms, paving the way for further optimization and application to a wide range of computational problems.
Funder
MICIN through the European Union NextGenerationEU recovery plan
Galician Regional Government
Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Government of Spain
Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria, Xunta de Galicia
European Regional Development Fund
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Hardware and Architecture,Information Systems,Theoretical Computer Science,Software