A universal fault-tolerant quantum computer that can solve efficiently
problems such as integer factorization and unstructured database search
requires millions of qubits with low error rates and long coherence times.
While the experimental advancement towards realizing such devices will
potentially take decades of research, noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ)
computers already exist. These computers are composed of hundreds of noisy
qubits, i.e. qubits that are not error-corrected, and therefore perform
imperfect operations in a limited coherence time. In the search for quantum
advantage with these devices, algorithms have been proposed for applications in
various disciplines spanning physics, machine learning, quantum chemistry and
combinatorial optimization. The goal of such algorithms is to leverage the
limited available resources to perform classically challenging tasks. In this
review, we provide a thorough summary of NISQ computational paradigms and
algorithms. We discuss the key structure of these algorithms, their
limitations, and advantages. We additionally provide a comprehensive overview
of various benchmarking and software tools useful for programming and testing
NISQ devices.

该研究总结了嘈杂中间规模量子计算的范例和算法，探讨了其限制与优势，并提供了各种编程和测试工具的全面概述。