QC Design develops Plaquette, an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software that enables quantum hardware manufacturers to simulate and optimize fault-tolerant quantum computer architectures. By addressing the challenges posed by real-world imperfections in qubits and gates, Plaquette provides actionable insights to enhance logical qubit performance and reduce development costs.
Funding
$4.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Quantum hardware development faces significant challenges due to imperfections in qubits and gates, leading to inflated hardware costs and delayed timelines in achieving fault tolerance. Accurately simulating and optimizing quantum computer architectures in the presence of these real-world imperfections is crucial for enhancing logical qubit performance.
Solution
QC Design's Plaquette is an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software designed to enable quantum hardware teams to simulate, analyze, and optimize fault-tolerant quantum computer architectures. Plaquette's extended Pauli simulator captures the impact of arbitrary real-world imperfections on fault tolerance, providing actionable insights to prioritize developments and reduce costs. The software allows users to explore and implement fault-tolerance codes, error models, and decoders. Plaquette also facilitates fault-tolerance experiments on actual quantum hardware, bridging the gap between simulation and reality.
Target Audience
Plaquette is designed for quantum hardware teams seeking to simulate, analyze, and optimize fault-tolerant quantum computer architectures.
Features
- Extended Pauli simulator capable of capturing the impact of arbitrary real-world imperfections on fault tolerance.
- Extensive set of fault-tolerance codes, error models, and decoders.
- User-friendly interface with detailed documentation and step-by-step tutorials.
- Ability to conduct fault-tolerance experiments on actual quantum hardware.