A Framework for Embedding, Simulation, and Design of Computational nanotechnology using a Quantum Annealing Processor

该提案直接响应了加拿大的几个关键战略领域，因为它的目标是为下一代计算机开发完全不同的设备和技术，并通过提供用于探索基于硅量子点元胞自动机 (QCA) 的原子级电路技术的技术和工具来满足对信息存储和处理呈指数级增长的要求。QCA 是一种计算纳米技术，目前由我们的第一个加拿大合作伙伴 QuantumSilicon Inc. (QSi) 正在开发和商业化。我们的研究将受益于量子计算和量子退火 (QA) 方面真正独特的发展，通过使用我们的第二个合作伙伴 D-WaveSystems Inc. 开发的处理器技术。我们的开发将使 D-Wave 处理器能够作为下一代计算技术的模拟和设计平台得到强大的应用。 QCA 电路非常适合 D-Wave 处理器上的仿真，因为计算模型是有限状态节点的耦合网络，使我们能够最大限度地发挥这种新型计算机的能力。我们建议使用 D-Wave 开发的 QA 处理器对 QCA 的嵌入、仿真和设计技术进行研究，以便生成一个新的 QCA 计算机辅助设计平台，并使 QSi 能够更好地理解他们打算开发的复杂和大型电路。所提出的项目不可能使用传统计算来实现，因为问题的复杂性随着规模的大小呈指数级增长。使用这个平台，我们将进行实验，对 QCA 性能和性能扩展进行前所未有的评估，并为该技术的未来设计者制定设计规则，所有这些都具有重大突破的潜力。通过连接这两家独特的公司，我们也处于独特的地位，可以加速这些合作伙伴可以产生的潜在重大经济影响，并加强加拿大作为这些潜在革命性技术的领导者的地位。

This proposal responds directly to several of the key strategic areas for Canada as it targets the development ofradically different devices and technology for next generation computers and addresses the exponentiallyincreasing requirements for information storage and processing by providing techniques and tools for exploringatomic scale circuit technology based on silicon quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), a computationalnanotechnology that is presently being developed and commercialized by our first Canadian partner, QuantumSilicon Inc. (QSi). Our research will benefit from the truly unique developments in quantum computing andquantum annealing (QA) through the use of processor technology developed by our second partner, D-WaveSystems Inc. Our developments will enable a powerful application of the D-Wave's processor as a simulationand design platform for future generations of computing technology. QCA circuits are ideally matched forsimulations on D-Wave's processor, as the computational model is that of a coupled network of finite statenodes, enabling us to maximize the capacity of this novel computer for this purpose.We are proposing to conduct research on techniques for embedding, simulation, and design of QCA using theQA processor developed by D-Wave in order to generate a novel platform for computer-aided design withQCA and enabling QSi to better understand the complex and large circuits they intend to develop. Theproposed project is not possible using conventional computing as the complexity of the problem scalesexponentially with size. Using this platform we will conduct experiments that will result in a never beforepossible assessment of QCA performance and performance scaling as well as the development of design rulesfor future designers of this technology, all of which hold potential for major breakthroughs. By bridging thesetwo unique companies we are also uniquely positioned to accelerate the potentially significant economicimpact these partners can make and strengthen Canada's position as a leader in these potentially revolutionarytechnologies.