Assessing the Role of Communication in Scalable Multi-Core Quantum Architectures

Multi-core quantum architectures offer a solution to the scalability limitations of traditional monolithic designs. However, dividing the system into multiple chips introduces a critical bottleneck: communication between cores. This paper introduces qcomm, a simulation tool designed to assess the impact of communication on the performance of scalable multi-core quantum architectures. Qcomm allows users to adjust various architectural and physical parameters of the system, and outputs various communication metrics. We use qcomm to perform a preliminary study on how these parameters affect communication performance in a multi-core quantum system.