Intel Corporation

Anne Y Matsuura

Justin Hogaboam

Sonika Johri

Shavindra Premaratne

Sahar Daraeizadeh

Ravi Pillarisetty

Xiang Chris Zou

James S Clarke

Lester Lampert

Thomas Francis Watson

Anindya Sankar Paul

Adam Holmes

Nicolas Sawaya

Xin-chuan Wu

Pradnya Laxman Khalate

Albert Schmitz

Apparatus and method for compiling and executing hybrid classical-quantum programs. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: reading source code specifying both non-quantum operations to be performed by a host processor and quantum operations to be performed by a quantum accelerator; compiling the source code to generate a target object file, wherein portions of the source code specifying the quantum operations are compiled into quantum basic blocks (QBBs) in the target object file, each QBB comprising one or more quantum instructions to be executed by the quantum accelerator and wherein portions of the source code specifying the non-quantum operations are compiled into native instructions to be executed by the host processor.

Hybrid compilation apparatus and method for quantum-classical code sequences

Apparatus and method for a full quantum system simulator. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: initializing a quantum computing system simulator for simulating multiple layers of a quantum system including one or more non-quantum layers and one or more physical quantum device layers of the quantum system; simulating a first set of operations of the one or more non-quantum layers of the quantum system to generate first simulation results; simulating a second set of operations of the one or more quantum device layers of the quantum system to generate second simulation results; analyzing the first and second simulation results to provide at least one configuration recommendation for the quantum system.

Apparatus and method for quantum computing performance simulation

Apparatus and methods for real time calibration of qubits in a quantum processor. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum processor comprising a plurality of qubits, each of the qubits having a state; a quantum controller to generate sequences of electromagnetic (EM) pulses to manipulate the states of the plurality of qubits based on a set of control parameters; a qubit measurement unit to measure one or more sensors associated with a corresponding one or more of the qubits of the plurality of qubits to produce one or more corresponding measured values; and a machine-learning engine to evaluate the one or more measured values in accordance with a machine-learning process to generate updated control parameters, wherein the quantum controller is to use the updated control parameters to generate subsequent sequences of EM pulses to manipulate the states of the plurality of qubits.

System and method for automatic real-time calibration of qubit chips

Apparatus and method for error reduction in distributed quantum computing via fusing-and-decomposing gates. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum module comprising a plurality of qubits; unitary generation logic to combine a group of quantum gates to form at least one unitary operation; decomposition logic to decompose the unitary operation into multiple alternative gate sequences comprising either exact gate sequences or approximate gate sequences; and selection logic to evaluate the multiple alternative gate sequences based on a cost function to identify at least one of the gate sequences.

Apparatus and method for error reduction in distributed quantum systems via fusing-and-decomposing gates

Apparatus and method for measurement-free (MF) quantum error correction (QEC). For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: determining an error syndrome on a first subset of ancilla qubits of a quantum processor; decoding the error syndrome to produce decoded results on a second subset of ancilla qubits of the quantum processor; applying the decoded results to one or more system qubits; and unconditionally resetting the first subset and/or second subset of ancilla qubits to remove entropy and/or noise from the quantum system, wherein the operations of determining the error syndrome, decoding the error syndrome, applying the error syndrome, and unconditionally resetting the first and/or second subset of ancilla qubits are performed responsive to a qubit controller executing quantum control instructions provided from or derived from a script and without transmitting measurement data related to the error syndrome to a non-quantum computing device.

Apparatus and method for quantum error correction without measurement or active feedback

Apparatus and method for replacing portions of a quantum circuit with multi-qubit gates. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum circuit analyzer to evaluate an original quantum circuit specification including one or more sub-circuits of the original quantum circuit specification, the quantum circuit analyzer to generate results of the evaluation; a quantum circuit generator to generate a new quantum circuit specification based on the results of the evaluation generated by the quantum circuit analyzer, the quantum circuit generator to generate the new quantum circuit specification by, at least in part, replacing the one or more sub-circuits of the original quantum circuit specification with one or more multi-qubit gates.

Apparatus and method for quantum performance and/or error correction enhancement using multi-qubit gates

Apparatus and method for a full quantum state simulation. A quantum state simulation system may include a simulation configurator to map quantum register state data of a quantum processor at a first time to a representational data structure and generate a first quantum state image based on the representational data structure. The quantum state simulation system may also include a quantum state simulator to simulate the quantum register state data at a second time using the quantum register state data in the first quantum state image to update a second quantum state image, and store the first and second quantum state images to a data store.

Quantum state imaging for memory optimization

Apparatus and method for dynamically adjusting a quantum computer clock frequency. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a quantum execution unit to execute quantum operations specified by a quantum runtime; a qubit drive controller to translate the quantum operations into physical pulses directed to qubits on a quantum chip at a first cycle frequency; a spin echo sequencer to issue spin echo command sequences to cause the qubit drive controller to generate a sequence of spin echo pulses at the first cycle frequency; and qubit measurement circuitry to measure the qubits and to store qubit timing data for each qubit, the qubit timing data indicating a coherence time or an amount of computational time available for each qubit to perform quantum operations.

Apparatus and method for dynamically adjusting quantum computer clock frequency with a locking pulse

Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack including a quantum well layer; and a plurality of gates above the quantum well stack, wherein the gates are arranged in a ladder arrangement including two rails having at least N gates each and at least one active rung, and a number of active rungs in the ladder arrangement is less than N.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Anne Y Matsuura