Shuttling Compiler for Trapped-Ion Quantum Computers Based on Fine-Tuned Large Language Models
Researchers have introduced shuttling compilers for trapped-ion quantum computers built by fine-tuning five different large language models. The models were trained on schedules generated by hand-coded heuristics for moving qubits between trap segments, instead of manually writing routing logic for each new trap architecture. The approach is described in a preprint on arXiv.
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Fine-tuned LLMs become a standard tool for generating draft shuttling schedules when a new trapped-ion architecture is designed, cutting manual routing code from weeks to hours.