Evaluating Variational Quantum Circuit Architectures for Distributed Quantum ComputingLeo S\"unkel, Jonas Stein, Jonas N\"u{\ss}lein, Tobias Rohe, Claudia Linnhoff-Popienhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12005
Evaluating Variational Quantum Circuit Architectures for Distributed Quantum ComputingScaling quantum computers, i.e., quantum processing units (QPUs) to enable the execution of large quantum circuits is a major challenge, especially for applications that should provide a quantum advantage over classical algorithms. One approach to scale QPUs is to connect multiple machines through quantum and classical channels to form clusters or even quantum networks. Using this paradigm, several smaller QPUs can collectively execute circuits that each would not be able on its own. However, c…