Benchmarking Quantum Computer Simulation Software Packages: State Vector Simulators

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Auteurs principaux: Jamadagni, Amit, Läuchli, Andreas M., Hempel, Cornelius
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Publié: 2024
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author Jamadagni, Amit
Läuchli, Andreas M.
Hempel, Cornelius
author_facet Jamadagni, Amit
Läuchli, Andreas M.
Hempel, Cornelius
contents Rapid advances in quantum computing technology lead to an increasing need for software simulators that enable both algorithm design and the validation of results obtained from quantum hardware. This includes calculations that aim at probing regimes of quantum advantage, where a quantum computer outperforms a classical computer in the same task. High performance computing (HPC) platforms play a crucial role as today's quantum devices already reach beyond the limits of what powerful workstations can model, but a systematic evaluation of the individual performance of the many offered simulation packages is lacking so far. In this Technical Review, we benchmark several software packages capable of simulating quantum dynamics with a special focus on HPC capabilities. We develop a containerized toolchain for benchmarking a large set of simulation packages on a local HPC cluster using different parallelisation capabilities, and compare the performance and system size-scaling for three paradigmatic quantum computing tasks. Our results can help finding the right package for a given simulation task and lay the foundation for a systematic community effort to benchmark and validate upcoming versions of existing and also newly developed simulation packages.
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spellingShingle Benchmarking Quantum Computer Simulation Software Packages: State Vector Simulators
Jamadagni, Amit
Läuchli, Andreas M.
Hempel, Cornelius
Quantum Physics
Emerging Technologies
Computational Physics
Rapid advances in quantum computing technology lead to an increasing need for software simulators that enable both algorithm design and the validation of results obtained from quantum hardware. This includes calculations that aim at probing regimes of quantum advantage, where a quantum computer outperforms a classical computer in the same task. High performance computing (HPC) platforms play a crucial role as today's quantum devices already reach beyond the limits of what powerful workstations can model, but a systematic evaluation of the individual performance of the many offered simulation packages is lacking so far. In this Technical Review, we benchmark several software packages capable of simulating quantum dynamics with a special focus on HPC capabilities. We develop a containerized toolchain for benchmarking a large set of simulation packages on a local HPC cluster using different parallelisation capabilities, and compare the performance and system size-scaling for three paradigmatic quantum computing tasks. Our results can help finding the right package for a given simulation task and lay the foundation for a systematic community effort to benchmark and validate upcoming versions of existing and also newly developed simulation packages.
title Benchmarking Quantum Computer Simulation Software Packages: State Vector Simulators
topic Quantum Physics
Emerging Technologies
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.09076