The Dracarys Award: MIMIQ
For Withstanding The Quantum Dragon's Relentless Assault
WHEREAS, I once discovered a cloud emulator’s 10,000-second (2.75-hour) runtime limit while using only about 20 qubits;
WHEREAS, common claims for emulators remain mostly in the 30-40 qubit range;
WHEREAS, tensor networks have begun claiming to be able to emulate 100+ qubits;
WHEREAS, QPerfect began boasting that then-called MIMIQ-Circ could emulate hundreds or even thousands of qubits, a claim that cannot be left unchecked;
WHEREAS, QPerfect granted me trial access to MIMIQ-Circ;
WHEREAS, MIMIQ-Circ made easy work out of my entire OpenQASM library, which I routinely use to find the breaking points of various products;
WHEREAS, I began the unprecedented task of generating SWAP Test circuits with multiples of 100 qubits, plus 1, simply to find MIMIQ-Circ’s breaking point;
WHEREAS, adding 100 qubits at a time began trying my patience and I began adding multiples of 100 qubits at a time;
WHEREAS, MIMIQ-Circ processed a 1401-qubit circuit in just under 6 minutes;
WHEREAS, I determined the breaking point to be somewhere between 1401 and 1421 qubits with somewhere between 700 and 710 controlled-SWAP gates;
WHEREAS, that breaking point was likely determined by constrained trial resources and is not likely the actual breaking point of the emulator;
WHEREAS, MIMIQ-Circ qualitatively matched other emulators at small scales, where they could still keep up;
WHEREAS, the SWAP Test is easy to verify and MIMIQ-Circ held up better at large scales than other emulators do at small scales;
WHEREAS, MIMIQ-Circ was able to outperform local emulators despite network latency;
WHEREAS, you can read all of this in more detail on Inside Quantum Technology;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Brian Siegelwax, with the power vested in me by absolutely nobody, do hereby proclaim the now-called MIMIQ the third recipient of The Dracarys Award.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of The Quantum Dragon to be affixed this March 11, 2025.
Brian Siegelwax, the least qualified person in quantum