Interconnection Networks for Scalable Quantum Computers

  • Authors:
  • Nemanja Isailovic;Yatish Patel;Mark Whitney;John Kubiatowicz

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Berkeley;University of California, Berkeley;University of California, Berkeley;University of California, Berkeley

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 33rd annual international symposium on Computer Architecture
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We show that the problem of communication in a quantum computer reduces to constructing reliable quantum channels by distributing high-fidelity EPR pairs. We develop analytical models of the latency, bandwidth, error rate and resource utilization of such channels, and show that 100s of qubits must be distributed to accommodate a single data communication. Next, we show that a grid of teleportation nodes forms a good substrate on which to distribute EPR pairs. We also explore the control requirements for such a network. Finally, we propose a specific routing architecture and simulate the Quantum Fourier Transform to demonstrate the impact of resource contention.