This week IBM Quantum introduced a new quantum computing architecture-neutral performance speed metric called CLOPS. CLOPS is short for “Circuit Layer Operations per Second.” For those of you familiar with measuring the speed of high performance classical computers, the acronym is a nod to the metric FLOPS, or “Floating point Operations per Second.”
CLOPS joins Quantum Volume (a measurement of quantum circuit execution quality) and Number of Qubits (an indication of the size of the problem your system can handle) as one of the three essential ways that we can measure progress toward practical Quantum Advantage. Quantum Advantage signifies the point where quantum computers together with classical computing systems can do better than the classical systems alone.
Resources and articles to learn more about CLOPS and quantum computing metrics
The IBM Research Blog: Driving quantum performance: more qubits, higher Quantum Volume, and now a proper measure of speed
The technical white paper on arxiv: Scale, Quality, and Speed: three key attributes to measure the performance of near-term quantum computers
IBM Quantum head Jay Gambetta’s YouTube video: Three Metrics for Quantum Computing Performance: Scale, Quality and Speed
My Inside Quantum Technology conference keynote on November 1, 2021:
- IQT Fall: Sutor, Gasman say quantum needs to focus on what’s practical to achieve what’s possible – Inside Quantum Technology
- Fierce Electronics: IBM proposes new quantum computing speed metric: CLOPS
ZDNet article: Quantum computing: IBM just created this new way to measure the speed of quantum processors
DevClass article: Horses for courses: IBM trots out CLOPS as measure of quantum performance
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IEEE Quantum Week and IBM Quantum
This year’s IEEE Quantum Week is planned for October 12-16, 2020, in Denver, Colorado.
IEEE Quantum Week is a multidisciplinary quantum computing venue where attendees will have the unique opportunity to discuss challenges and opportunities with quantum researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, programmers, and newcomers.
The IBM Quantum team is well represented at the conference with a keynote from Jerry Chow. We also have 7 tutorials and 2 workshops.
Our tutorials are on the following topics:
- Quantum programming, an introduction
- Quantum machine learning for data scientists
- Quantum hardware control: a hands-on introduction
- Quantum algorithms for optimization
- Quantum algorithms for chemistry simulation
- Assessing the quality of qubits and quantum computers
- Serious Games for Quantum Computing
Our workshops are:
- Control and design of superconducting qubits
- Software for quantum applications, algorithms, and workflows
Registration is now open.
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Keynote: It’s Not Just the Qubits
This talk was at the Linux Foundation Open FinTech Forum in New York City in late 2018. The title refers to the number of qubits not being the only significant metric for determining the power of a quantum computer.
