High-Throughput Normalized Min-Sum Belief Propagation Decoding for Quantum LDPC Codes with Near-Memory Processing
A new arXiv preprint describes a decoder design for quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes that combines normalized min-sum belief propagation with near-memory processing to reduce memory access and data movement during syndrome decoding. The work targets real-time quantum error correction workloads that need low and predictable latency.
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If the near-memory decoder achieves its intended throughput and latency, it could allow existing quantum computing platforms to run qLDPC decoding in real time on FPGA-based control hardware within the next two years.
The dominant obstacle to adopting qLDPC codes is classical decoder latency and memory bandwidth. Near-memory processing directly addresses data-movement overhead, and the design could be ported to existing room-temperature or cryogenic-adjacent control stacks once the paper's hardware results are validated and matched to specific code schedules.
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