A Software Methodology for Compiling Quantum Programs

@article{Hner2016ASM,
  title={A Software Methodology for Compiling Quantum Programs},
  author={Thomas H{\"a}ner and Damian S. Steiger and Krysta Marie Svore and Matthias Troyer},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2016},
  volume={abs/1604.01401}
}
Quantum computers promise to transform our notions of computation by offering a completely new paradigm. To achieve scalable quantum computation, optimizing compilers and a corresponding software design flow will be essential. We present a software architecture for compiling quantum programs from a high-level language program to hardware-specific instructions. We describe the necessary layers of abstraction and their differences and similarities to classical layers of a computer-aided design… 
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