Updated QubiC: Improved Scalability, Performance, and QPU Support
Quantum computers rely on classical computers for control and readout. In the NISQ era, quantum computers are increasing in scale and spanning a broader range of QPU architectures and experiment/algorithm design, requiring cost-effective and flexible control systems. QubiC, the open-source control system developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was designed to support quantum computers in this evolution. After a few developmental years, QubiC 1.0 demonstrated its control and measurement capabilities on a superconducting quantum processing unit (QPU). With growing requirements from the QPU, QubiC 2.0 was developed on the latest RFSoC platform with mid-circuit measurement and feed-forward features, along with a new AC analog front-end. The latest updates focus on performance — with hardware-efficient randomized compiling (RC) and hardware-assisted parameterized circuit execution —, scalability — with software capable of synchronizing multiple boards —, and supporting a broader range of superconducting QPUs with an AC and DC-coupled analog front-end.
Authors
- Irfan Siddiqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2200-1090)
- Neel Vora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0473-0150)
- Kasra Nowrouzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6392-7450)
- Yilun Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-809X)
- David Santiago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-3444)
- Ravi Naik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-7321)
- Abhi Rajagopala
- Gang Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3249-9315)
- Akel Hashim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-0125)
- Neelay Fruitwala
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/qce60285.2024.10430
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Laboratory Directed Research and Development
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory