Campbell, K.M. orcid.org/0009-0000-5750-2069, Razavi, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-4172-2125 and Lawey, A. (2025) Quantum data centres: a simulation-based comparative noise analysis. Quantum Science and Technology, 10 (1). 015052. ISSN 2058-9565
Abstract
Quantum Data Centres (QDCs) could overcome the scalability challenges of modern quantum computers. Single-processor monolithic quantum computers are affected by increased cross talk and difficulty of implementing gates when the number of qubits is increased. In a QDC, multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) are linked together over short distances, allowing the total number of computational qubits to be increased without increasing the number of qubits on any one processor. In doing so, the error incurred by operations at each QPU can be kept small, however additional noise will be added to the system due to the latency cost and errors incurred during inter-QPU entanglement distribution. We investigate the relative impact of these different types of noise using a classically simulated QDC with two QPUs and compare the robustness to noise of the two main ways of implementing remote gates, cat-comm and TP-comm. We find that considering the quantity of gates or inter-QPU entangled links is often inadequate to predict the output fidelity from a quantum circuit and infer that an improved understanding of error propagation during distributed quantum circuits may represent a significant optimisation opportunity for compilation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | distributed quantum computing, quantum data centre, quantum noise |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Leeds) > Pollard Institute (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2024 12:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2025 10:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/2058-9565/ad9cb8 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220694 |
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