Govt launches QSim to aid quantum computing research

Last Updated28/08/2021

Ministry of Electronics & IT has launched QSim (Quantum Computer Simulator) Toolkit, to enable Researchers and Students to carryout research in Quantum Computing in a cost effective manner.
It is first of its kind in India to address the common challenge of advancing the Quantum Computing research frontiers.
QSim will allow researchers and students to write and debug Quantum Code that is essential for developing Quantum Algorithms.

It is the consequence of the project “Design and Development of Quantum Computer Toolkit (Simulator, Workbench) and Capacity Building”, which is being executed collaboratively by IISc Bangalore, IIT Roorkee and C-DAC with the support of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.

Intuitive UI:
It has a robust QC Simulator integrated with a GUI based Workbench allowing students / researchers to create Quantum programs, visualize the instant circuit generation and simulated outputs.
Simulate noisy Quantum logic circuits:
It helps simulate Quantum circuits with and without noise and test how well various algorithms work with imperfect quantum components. This is essential to simulate real-life conditions.
Pre-loaded Quantum algorithms and Examples:
It has preloaded Quantum programs and algorithms providing a head start to the users. E.g. QFT, Deutsch Jozsa, Grovers and so on.
Integrated with HPC:
The quantum simulations are performed on powerful HPC resources allowing multiple users to submit jobs simultaneously with different QuBit configurations.

PARAM SHAVAK QSim - Standalone system with Quantum Simulator in a box
PARAM QSim Cloud - Available on cloud using HPC infrastructure PARAM SIDDHI AI (developed and deployed under NSM program)

It allows researchers to explore Quantum Algorithms under idealized conditions and help prepare experiments to run on actual Quantum Hardware.
It can serve as an important educational research tool providing an excellent way to attract students, researchers to the field of Quantum Technology.
It provides a platform to acquire the skills of ‘programming’ as well as ‘designing’ real Quantum Hardware.

It is an area of computing which is focused on developing computer technology based on the principles of quantum physics.
It uses quantum bits or qubits.
It has unique ability of subatomic particles that allows them to exist in more than one state (i.e., a 1 and a 0 at the same time).