MonarQ

Disponibilité : Automne 2024

Noeud frontal : à venir

MonarQ is a 24-qubit superconducting quantum computer developed in Montreal by Anyon Systems and located at the École de technologie supérieure. Its name refers to the monarch butterfly, a symbol of evolution and migration. The capital Q refers to the quantum nature of the computer and to its origins in Quebec. Acquisition of MonarQ was made possible thanks to the support of the Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie du Québec (MEIE) and Canada Economic Development (CED).

Technical specifications

MonarQ qubit mapping

The exact technical details will be available at the beginning of 2025, but the specifications should be at least as good as the following:

• 24-qubit quantum processor
• Single-qubit gate, individual: 99.8% fidelity, gate duration: 15ns
• Single-qubit gate, parallel: 99.7% fidelity, gate duration: 15ns
• Two-qubit gate, individual: 95.6% fidelity, gate duration: 35ns
• Coherence time: 4-10μs depending on the state

The exact number of qubits that can be connected and manipulated at the same time, as well as the corresponding fidelities, gate durations, and coherence times, will be available once MonarQ is tested by our team. We will also have results on how it works and performs with various algorithms.

Applications

MonarQ is suited for computations requiring small quantities of high-fidelity qubits, making it an ideal tool to develop and test quantum algorithms. Other possible applications include modelling small quantum systems, testing new methods and techniques for quantum programming and error correction, and more generally, fundamental research in quantum computing.

Quantum computing software

There are several specialized software libraries for quantum computing and the development of quantum algorithms. These libraries allow you to build circuits that are executed on simulators that mimic the performance and results obtained on a quantum computer such as MonarQ. They can be used on all Alliance clusters.

• PennyLane, Python command library
• Snowflurry, Julia command library
• Qiskit, Python command library

Les portes logiques quantiques du processeur de MonarQ sont appelées par le biais d'une bibliothèque logicielle Snowflurry, écrit en Julia. Bien que MonarQ soit nativement compatible avec Snowflurry, il existe un plugiciel PennyLane-Snowflurry développé par Calcul Québec permettant d'exécuter des circuits sur MonarQ tout en bénéficiant des fonctionnalités et de l'environnement de développement offerts par PennyLane.

Comment démarrer avec MonarQ

1. Vous devez avoir un compte avec l'Alliance afin de demander l'accès à MonarQ (à l'automne 2024).
2. Acceptez les conditions d'utilisation
3. Configurez la tarification.
4. Recevez un jeton et un accès à MonarQ.
5. Soumettez vos tâches avec un jeton d'accès et une adresse de passerelle à MonarQ

Soutien technique

Pour des questions sur nos services quantiques, contactez nous à support@calculquebec.ca.