Quantum Computer Systems: Research for Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Computers

This book targets computer scientists and engineers who are familiar with concepts in classical computer systems but are curious to learn the general architecture of quantum computing systems. It gives a concise presentation of this new paradigm of computing from a computer systems' point of view without assuming any background in quantum mechanics. As such, it is divided into two parts. The first part of the book provides a gentle overview on the fundamental principles of the quantum theory and their implications for computing. The second part is devoted to state-of-the-art research in designing practical quantum programs, building a scalable software systems stack, and controlling quantum hardware components. Most chapters end with a summary and an outlook for future directions. This book celebrates the remarkable progress that scientists across disciplines have made in the past decades and reveals what roles computer scientists and engineers can play to enable practical-scale quantum computing.

這本書針對熟悉傳統電腦系統概念的計算機科學家和工程師，但對量子計算系統的一般架構感到好奇的讀者。它以計算機系統的角度提供了這種新的計算範式的簡明介紹，並不需要任何量子力學的背景知識。因此，它分為兩個部分。書的第一部分對量子理論的基本原理及其對計算的影響進行了簡要概述。第二部分則專注於最新的研究，包括設計實用的量子程序、構建可擴展的軟件系統堆棧以及控制量子硬件組件。大多數章節結束時都會總結並展望未來的方向。這本書慶祝了過去幾十年來跨學科科學家取得的顯著進展，並揭示了計算機科學家和工程師在實現實用規模的量子計算方面可以發揮的作用。