%0 Journal Article %1 smith2020opensource %A Smith, Robert S. %A Peterson, Eric C. %A Skilbeck, Mark G. %A Davis, Erik J. %D 2020 %K compilers quantum %T An Open-Source, Industrial-Strength Optimizing Compiler for Quantum Programs %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.13961 %X Quilc is an open-source, optimizing compiler for gate-based quantum programs written in Quil or QASM, two popular quantum programming languages. The compiler was designed with attention toward NISQ-era quantum computers, specifically recognizing that each quantum gate has a non-negligible and often irrecoverable cost toward a program's successful execution. Quilc's primary goal is to make authoring quantum software a simpler exercise by making architectural details less burdensome to the author. Using Quilc allows one to write programs faster while usually not compromising---and indeed sometimes improving---their execution fidelity on a given hardware architecture. In this paper, we describe many of the principles behind Quilc's design, and demonstrate the compiler with various examples.

@article{smith2020opensource, abstract = {Quilc is an open-source, optimizing compiler for gate-based quantum programs written in Quil or QASM, two popular quantum programming languages. The compiler was designed with attention toward NISQ-era quantum computers, specifically recognizing that each quantum gate has a non-negligible and often irrecoverable cost toward a program's successful execution. Quilc's primary goal is to make authoring quantum software a simpler exercise by making architectural details less burdensome to the author. Using Quilc allows one to write programs faster while usually not compromising---and indeed sometimes improving---their execution fidelity on a given hardware architecture. In this paper, we describe many of the principles behind Quilc's design, and demonstrate the compiler with various examples.}, added-at = {2020-04-01T17:07:27.000+0200}, author = {Smith, Robert S. and Peterson, Eric C. and Skilbeck, Mark G. and Davis, Erik J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c57a1aa2a3b8068a895af5caf4e115fc/kirk86}, description = {[2003.13961] An Open-Source, Industrial-Strength Optimizing Compiler for Quantum Programs}, interhash = {a191d4bfb884ee848a08cdacfa64d922}, intrahash = {c57a1aa2a3b8068a895af5caf4e115fc}, keywords = {compilers quantum}, note = {cite arxiv:2003.13961}, timestamp = {2020-04-01T17:07:27.000+0200}, title = {An Open-Source, Industrial-Strength Optimizing Compiler for Quantum Programs}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.13961}, year = 2020 }