Integration and Resource Estimation of Cryoelectronics for Superconducting Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

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Authors: Shiro Kawabata
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Abstract

Scaling superconducting quantum computers to the fault-tolerant regime calls for a commensurate scaling of the classical control and readout stack. Today's systems largely rely on room-temperature, rack-based instrumentation connected to dilution-refrigerator cryostats through many coaxial cables. Looking ahead, superconducting fault-tolerant quantum computers (FTQCs) will likely adopt a heterogeneous quantum-classical architecture that places selected electronics at cryogenic stages -- for example, cryo-CMOS at 4~K and superconducting digital logic at 4~K and/or mK stages -- to curb wiring and thermal-load overheads. This review distills key requirements, surveys representative room-temperature and cryogenic approaches, and provides a transparent first-order accounting framework for cryoelectronics. Using an RSA-2048-scale benchmark as a concrete reference point, we illustrate how scaling targets motivate constraints on multiplexing and stage-wise cryogenic power, and discuss implications for functional partitioning across room-temperature electronics, cryo-CMOS, and superconducting logic.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Publication details

Journal / source
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
7 January 2026
Document type
Preprint