Quantum computing is poised to dramatically change the computational landscape, worldwide. Quantum computers can solve complex problems that are, at least in some cases, beyond the ability of even advanced future classical-style computers. In addition to being able to solve these classical computer-unsolvable problems, quantum computers have demonstrated a capability to solve some problems (such as prime factoring) much more efficiently than classical computing. This will create problems for encryption techniques, which depend on the difficulty of factoring for their security. Security, scientific, and other applications will require access to quantum computing resources to access their unique capabilities, speed and economic (aggregate computing time cost) benefits. Many scientific applications, as well as numerous other ones, use grid computing to provide benefits such as scalability and resource access. As these applications may benefit from quantum capabilities - and some future applications may require quantum capabilities - identifying how to integrate quantum computing systems into grid computing environments is critical. This paper discusses the benefits of grid-connected quantum computers and what is required to achieve this.
翻译:量子计算将极大地改变世界范围内的计算格局。 量子计算至少在某些情况下可以解决一些复杂问题,这些问题已经超出了甚至先进的未来古典式计算机的能力。 除了能够解决这些古老的计算机无法解决的问题之外,量子计算机还表现出了解决一些问题(例如主要因素)的能力,比古典计算效率高得多。这将给加密技术造成问题,这取决于其安全因素的考虑难度。安全、科学和其他应用将需要获得量子计算资源,以获得其独特的能力、速度和经济效益(合并计算时间成本)。许多科学应用以及许多其他应用都使用电网计算来提供可缩放和资源获取性等好处。由于这些应用可能受益于量子能力,而有些未来应用可能需要量子能力,因此确定如何将量子计算系统纳入电网计算环境是关键因素。本文讨论了与电网连接的量子计算机的好处以及实现这一点所需要的条件。