Abstract
Quantum computing has been evolving noticeably and has become a huge revolution in computing. One of the effects of using quantum computers is that the energy required to solve high complexity problems is reduced, a crucial issue considering that there are estimations affirming that by 2030 the 20% of the global energy will be used by ICT. To the best of our knowledge, up to now there are no studies about quantum consumption. In this paper we check whether the consumption needed to execute a quantum program depends on the quantum computer used. We measured the energy required by some IBM’s quantum computers when executing an algorithm. As a result, we can state that (1) it seems that it is not needed to use a computer with the highest quantum volume for simple problems and (2) the computer processor seems to have an impact on the time and energy required.
Paper Type
Short Paper
Studying The Consumption of IBM Quantum Computers
Quantum computing has been evolving noticeably and has become a huge revolution in computing. One of the effects of using quantum computers is that the energy required to solve high complexity problems is reduced, a crucial issue considering that there are estimations affirming that by 2030 the 20% of the global energy will be used by ICT. To the best of our knowledge, up to now there are no studies about quantum consumption. In this paper we check whether the consumption needed to execute a quantum program depends on the quantum computer used. We measured the energy required by some IBM’s quantum computers when executing an algorithm. As a result, we can state that (1) it seems that it is not needed to use a computer with the highest quantum volume for simple problems and (2) the computer processor seems to have an impact on the time and energy required.
Recommended Citation
Desdentado Fernández, E., Moraga de la Rubia, M. A., & Serrano Martín, M. A. (2021). Studying The Consumption of IBM Quantum Computers. In E. Insfran, F. González, S. Abrahão, M. Fernández, C. Barry, H. Linger, M. Lang, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Crossing Boundaries between Development and Operations (DevOps) in Information Systems (ISD2021 Proceedings). Valencia, Spain: Universitat Politècnica de València.