Investigating Retargetability Claims for Quantum Compilers
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| author | Southall, Luke Ammermann, Joshua Kelmendi, Rinor Eichhorn, Domenik Schaefer, Ina |
| author_facet | Southall, Luke Ammermann, Joshua Kelmendi, Rinor Eichhorn, Domenik Schaefer, Ina |
| contents | In the NISQ-era, there is a wide variety of hardware manufacturers building quantum computers. Each of these companies may choose different approaches and hardware architectures for their machines. This poses a problem for quantum software engineering, as the retargetability of quantum programs across different hardware platforms becomes a non-trivial challenge. In response to this problem, various retargetable quantum compilers have been presented in the scientific literature. These promise the ability to compile software for different hardware platforms, enabling retargetability for quantum software. In this paper, we develop and apply a metric by which the retargetability of the quantum compilers can be assessed. We develop and run a study to analyze key aspects regarding the retargetability of the compilers Tket, Qiskit, and ProjectQ. Our findings indicate that Tket demonstrates the highest level of retargetability, closely followed by Qiskit, while ProjectQ lags behind. These results provide insights for quantum software developers in selecting appropriate compilers for their use-cases, and highlight areas for improvement in quantum compilers. |
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| spellingShingle | Investigating Retargetability Claims for Quantum Compilers Southall, Luke Ammermann, Joshua Kelmendi, Rinor Eichhorn, Domenik Schaefer, Ina Quantum Physics Software Engineering In the NISQ-era, there is a wide variety of hardware manufacturers building quantum computers. Each of these companies may choose different approaches and hardware architectures for their machines. This poses a problem for quantum software engineering, as the retargetability of quantum programs across different hardware platforms becomes a non-trivial challenge. In response to this problem, various retargetable quantum compilers have been presented in the scientific literature. These promise the ability to compile software for different hardware platforms, enabling retargetability for quantum software. In this paper, we develop and apply a metric by which the retargetability of the quantum compilers can be assessed. We develop and run a study to analyze key aspects regarding the retargetability of the compilers Tket, Qiskit, and ProjectQ. Our findings indicate that Tket demonstrates the highest level of retargetability, closely followed by Qiskit, while ProjectQ lags behind. These results provide insights for quantum software developers in selecting appropriate compilers for their use-cases, and highlight areas for improvement in quantum compilers. |
| title | Investigating Retargetability Claims for Quantum Compilers |
| topic | Quantum Physics Software Engineering |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16779 |