In the second lecture of the Building the Modern Quantum Architecture series, Dr. Matthias Troyer explores what it takes to build a utility-scale quantum computer—and how much of today’s computing architecture remains relevant. 

While quantum computing introduces a fundamentally new way to compute, we don’t have to reinvent the entire stack. Like GPUs or FGPAs, quantum systems will act as another computational accelerator we can access via the cloud. Troyer traces the flow of a quantum application—from high-level code all the way down to the physical control of qubits—and shows how the same architectural principles that shaped classical computing still apply.