Quantum middleware with Tommaso Demarie, Entropica Labs
Oct 9, 2023
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Tommaso Demarie, CEO and co-founder of Entropica Labs, discusses their focus on quantum computing middleware, potential timelines for quantum computing advancements, challenges in implementing quantum error correction, and their choice for a dinner companion from the past: Einstein and Bohr.
Entropica Labs focuses on building software development tools for fault-tolerant quantum error correction in the middleware layer of quantum computing.
Hardware and software companies are expected to work together to simplify error correction implementation and accelerate the arrival of useful quantum computers.
Deep dives
Intropical Labs' focus on quantum computing middleware
Intropical Labs is a quantum computing software company that specializes in building software development tools for fault-tolerant quantum error correction. They focus on the middleware layer, aiming to support fault-tolerant quantum error correction and accelerate the arrival and adoption of useful quantum computers.
The concept of middleware in quantum computing
Middleware in quantum computing refers to the software layer that connects the user-level algorithms and the hardware of quantum computers. Intropical Labs' middleware, such as their Open QAOA library, allows users to deploy quantum algorithms like the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) on multiple hardware platforms. They seek to simplify the creation and implementation of quantum computations.
The challenges of error correction and potential solutions
Intropical Labs recognizes that error correction is crucial for enabling fault-tolerant quantum computing. They believe that hardware companies will play a significant role in simplifying error correction implementation. They anticipate a synergistic approach between hardware and software companies, with hardware manufacturers opening up capabilities that facilitate error correction. Intropical Labs is working on a software infrastructure, like their Quantum Circuit Designer (QCD), to design, analyze, and output executable fault-tolerant quantum computations.
Tommaso Demarie, CEO and co-founder of Entropica Labs, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Tommaso and Yuval discuss Entropica Labs’ focus on quantum computing middleware, aiming to support fault-tolerant quantum error correction, their software development tools, potential timelines for quantum computing advancements, and much more
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