• DocumentCode
    3488226
  • Title

    Modeling a quantum processor using the QRAM model

  • Author

    Elhoushi, Mostafa ; El-Kharashi, M. Watheq ; Elrefaei, Hatem

  • Author_Institution
    Mentor Graphics Egypt, Inc., Egypt
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    23-26 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    409
  • Lastpage
    415
  • Abstract
    A quantum processor controlled by classical instructions is modeled. The processor follows the quantum random access machine (QRAM) model: a quantum memory and a quantum ALU (qALU) containing a group of quantum gates, which are controlled by classical signals. The processor´s instructions are written using a quantum assembly (QASM) language. As test cases, several well-known quantum circuits are described using the QASM language and executed by our model. This model may later be integrated with classical components to form a hybrid quantum computer.
  • Keywords
    hardware description languages; quantum gates; random-access storage; QRAM; classical signals; hybrid quantum computer; processor instructions; quantum ALU; quantum assembly language; quantum circuits; quantum gates; quantum memory; quantum processor; quantum random access machine; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Logic gates; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Registers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, Computers and Signal Processing (PacRim), 2011 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Victoria, BC
  • ISSN
    1555-5798
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0252-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1555-5798
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PACRIM.2011.6032928
  • Filename
    6032928