Keysight’s QuantumPro Revolutionises Quantum Computing with First Integrated EDA Workflow for Qubit Design

Keysight Technologies has introduced QuantumPro, the first integrated electronic design automation (EDA) tool for creating quantum computers based on superconducting qubits. The tool consolidates five functionalities into the Advanced Design System 2024 platform, enabling engineers to fine-tune quantum circuits and accelerate time-to-market for their chips and systems. Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, an early adopter of QuantumPro, plans to offer cloud access to its quantum computers. Albert Solana, Chief Business Officer at Qilimanjaro, praised QuantumPro for its complete workflow and ease of use. Chris Mueth, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at Keysight EDA, highlighted QuantumPro’s high precision and automated quantum parameter extraction.

Introduction to QuantumPro: A Novel Tool for Qubit Design

Keysight Technologies, a prominent player in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry, has recently launched QuantumPro. This innovative tool is the first of its kind in the EDA industry, offering an integrated electromagnetic (EM) design and simulation workflow specifically tailored for the development of quantum computers based on superconducting qubits. QuantumPro is a comprehensive solution that consolidates five key functionalities: schematic design, layout creation, electromagnetic (EM) analysis, nonlinear circuit simulation, and quantum parameter extraction, all within the Advanced Design System (ADS) 2024 platform.

Overcoming Challenges in Quantum Design with QuantumPro

Traditionally, mainstream microwave engineers have faced significant challenges in quantum design. The development of superconducting qubits has often been a lengthy and costly process, further complicated by the need to navigate multiple point tools. QuantumPro addresses these issues by bridging the gap between quantum and microwave engineering. It does this by intelligently translating traditional microwave outputs into easily adjustable quantum parameters within the ADS platform. This feature enables engineers to fine-tune their quantum circuits with ease, thereby accelerating the time-to-market for their chips and systems.

Key Features of QuantumPro

QuantumPro offers several key features that enhance the design and simulation of quantum chips. It accelerates the development of these chips using a cost-effective electromagnetic simulation approach based on the method of moments (MOM). This approach significantly reduces computational cost by solving only for the currents on the metal surface, rather than the electric field in the full volume. QuantumPro also simplifies the design of quantum amplifiers, which are critical components in the output chains of quantum systems that improve readout fidelity. Furthermore, QuantumPro incorporates a library of quantum layout components, facilitating the creation of quantum chips within the ADS layout environment.

QuantumPro in Practice: Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, a company founded in 2019, is an early adopter of QuantumPro. The company aims to offer cloud access to its quantum computers and develops application-specific analog quantum computers that are fast-to-market. Qilimanjaro leverages recent technological developments in quantum computing based on superconducting qubits to create an analog quantum processor that unlocks quantum advantage for customers. To deliver its full potential, the analog quantum chips are combined with long-coherence superconducting flux qubits, pure quantum interactions, and dense qubit connectivity, thereby increasing computing power. Qilimanjaro’s quantum approach avoids the high error-correction requirements of gate-based systems.

QuantumPro: A Game-Changer in the EDA Industry

QuantumPro is a game-changer in the EDA industry, being the first electromagnetic design environment that delivers a complete workflow for superconducting qubit development. The tool provides high precision through its 3D EM simulators that span both finite element method (FEM) for frequency domain and eigenmode, and MOM for frequency domain analysis. Automated quantum parameter extraction from frequency domain and eigenmode solutions allows easy optimization with built-in Python scripting. QuantumPro also elevates EM workflow for kinetic inductance modeling.