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FRI: Friday Contributed Sessions
FRI 5: QIP Implementations: Solid-State Devices II
FRI 5.1: Talk
Friday, September 12, 2025, 10:45–11:00, ZHG006
The challenges of developing electronic design automation tools for quantum technology — Karen Bayros1, Martin Cyster1, Jackson Smith1, Jesse Vaitkus1,2, Nicolas Vogt1,2, Salvy Russo1, and •Jared Cole1 — 1Theoretical, Computational and Quantum Physics group, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia — 2HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
Large-scale quantum computing requires extremely high precision qubits, with long coherence times, accurately calibrated control and free from unpredictable parameter drift.
Equivalent constraints have been addressed in conventional semiconductor electronics and other branches of engineering, often with the help of advanced computer simulation tools - referred to as Electronic Design Automation (EDA). For quantum technology, we are facing entirely new difficulties in terms of the scale and precision required for creating quantum EDA tools.
I will discuss the fundamental challenges in developing EDA tools for quantum technology, specifically those relevant to superconducting and semiconducting qubits. These challenges ultimately stem from the fundamental structure of quantum physics, which is ironic given that we need to solve quantum physics problems to build a quantum computer, in order to efficiently solve those quantum physics problems!
In discussing these issues, I will present our recent efforts to develop proof-of-principle multi-scale quantum EDA tools.
Keywords: electronic design automation tools; quantum simulation; quantum technology; superconducting qubits; semiconductor qubits