dqc_simulator: an easy-to-use distributed quantum computing simulator

TL;DR

dqc_simulator is a Python toolkit that simplifies the simulation of distributed quantum computing hardware and software, aiding evaluation and benchmarking of DQC systems.

Contribution

It introduces a user-friendly simulation toolkit that automates complex DQC simulation tasks, facilitating testing and development of DQC hardware and software.

Findings

Enables realistic and robust DQC system testing.

Automates challenging aspects of DQC simulation workflow.

Abstract

Distributed quantum computing (DQC) is a promising proposal for overcoming the scalability challenges of quantum computing. However, the evaluation of DQC hardware and software is difficult due to the relative dearth of classical simulation tools available for DQC devices. In this work, we introduce dqc_simulator, a novel simulation toolkit, written in Python, which automates many of the most challenging aspects of the DQC simulation workflow. dqc_simulator enables the easy simulation of both hardware and software, making it easy to create realistic and robust tests and benchmarks for the full DQC stack.