LYRA : A Modular path towards Industrialised and Scalable Quantum Networking

可靠的消息来源估计，在容错时代，量子计算(QC)市场的年市值将达到900-1700亿美元。越来越多的人接受，为了达到商业可行性，量子网络(QNS)将需要扩大QC-增加量子比特的数量和质量。因此，QN的及时发展将推动QC的广泛采用及其带来的变革性好处。归根结底，量子网络对于质量控制的重要性，就像经典网络对于高性能和云计算的重要性一样。目前，量子网络的进步是在高度受控的实验室环境中进行的学术实验。虽然它们对改进最先进的性能指标至关重要，但它们忽略了一些关键因素，这些因素将允许在更多类似工业和IT的环境中进行真实世界的部署，在这些环境中，它们最终将需要弹性地和大规模地运行。Project Lyra专门针对数据中心中互连量子计算节点的用例加速并降低了通往可部署和可扩展量子网络的路径。该项目专注于量子网络技术的打包和可用性方面的实用和可证明的改进，同时仍保持适当的高性能水平。我们将交付世界上第一个可部署的量子网络单元原型，这是量子计算机集群的网络核心。思科将是该项目的最终用户。作为全球领先的传统网络供应商，思科在提供可扩展、高弹性和高性能的数据中心服务方面拥有无与伦比的经验。思科已承诺帮助并**承保关键系统要求**并**评估最终交付成果**，可能是在英国的一家工厂。此外，为了证明产品与市场的契合性并确保构建可扩展的相关路线图，Nu Quantum已组建了客户需求委员会(CRC)。五方CRC代表领先的质量控制供应商和全球数据中心技术提供商。

Credible sources estimate the Quantum Computing (QC) market will have a market value of $90-$170B annually in a Fault Tolerant era. It is increasingly accepted that to reach commercial viability, Quantum Networks (QNs), will be needed to scale QC - increasing the number and quality of qubits. The timely development of QNs will thus gate the widespread adoption of QC and the transformative benefits it can bring. Ultimately QNs will be as essential to QC as classical networking is to High Performance and Cloud computing.Currently, advancements in Quantum Networking are academically driven experiments in highly controlled laboratory environments. While essential to improving state-of-the-art performance metrics, they neglect crucial factors that will allow for real-world deployment in more industrial and IT-like environments, where they will ultimately need to operate _resiliently_ and at _large scale_.Project LYRA accelerates and de-risks the path to _deployable_ and _scalable_ quantum-networking specifically for the use-case of interconnecting Quantum Computing nodes in data-centres.The project concentrates on _pragmatic_ and _demonstrable_ improvements in the _packaging_ and _usability_ of quantum networking technologies, while still maintaining appropriately high levels of performance. We will deliver a world-first deployable Quantum Networking Unit prototype, the networking heart of a Quantum Computer Cluster.Cisco will be the End User for this project. As the world's leading supplier of classical networking, Cisco has unparalleled experience in delivering scalable, resilient and performant data-centre services. Cisco have committed to contribute to, and **underwrite, key system requirements** and **evaluate final deliverables**, potentially at a UK facility.Additionally, to demonstrate product-market fit and to ensure the construction of an extensible & relevant roadmap, Nu Quantum have assembled a Customer Requirements Council (CRC). The 5-party CRC represents leading QC vendors and global data-centre technology providers.