Security News > 2020 > August > Computer scientists create benchmarks to advance quantum computer performance

Two UCLA computer scientists have shown that existing compilers, which tell quantum computers how to use their circuits to execute quantum programs, inhibit the computers' ability to achieve optimal performance.

The computer scientists created a family of benchmark quantum circuits with known optimal depths or sizes.

Quantum computer designers could use these benchmarks to improve design tools that could then find the best circuit design.

Quantum computers utilize quantum mechanics to perform a great deal of computations simultaneously, which has the potential to make them exponentially faster and more powerful than today's best supercomputers.

Due to the sensitive nature of how quantum circuits work, tiny environmental changes, such as small temperature fluctuations, can interfere with quantum computation.

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