US 12,118,197 B2 · User interface, programmer and/or debugger for embedding and/or modifying problems on quantum processors

Abstract

A user interface (UI), data structures and algorithms facilitate programming, analyzing, debugging, embedding, and/or modifying problems that are embedded or to be embedded on an analog processor (e.g., quantum processor), increasing computational efficiency and/or accuracy of problem solutions. The UI provides graph representations (e.g., source graph, target graph and correspondence therebetween) with nodes and edges which may map to hardware components (e.g., qubits, couplers) of the analog processor. Characteristics of solutions are advantageously represented spatially associated (e.g., overlaid or nested) with characteristics of a problem. Characteristics (e.g., bias state) may be represented by color, pattern, values, icons. Issues (e.g., broken chains) may be detected and alerts provided. Problem representations may be modified via the UI, and a computer system may autonomously generate new instances of the problem representation, update data structures, embed the new instance and cause the new instance to be executed by the analog processor.

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Dependent claims

A method of providing a user interface for use with a quantum processor-based system that comprises a quantum processor including a plurality of physical qubits and a plurality of couplers, each of the couplers operable to set a coupling strength between a respective pair of the physical qubits, the method executable by at least one processor that executes processor-executable instructions, the method comprising:

generating a source graph representation of a first instance of a problem, the source graph representation including a set of nodes and edges, each of the edges extending between a respective pairs of the nodes, each of two or more of the nodes in the source graph representation representing a respective variable of a logical problem and having corresponding problem information and corresponding solution information logically associated therewith;
and
generating a target graph representation of the first instance of the problem, the target graph representation including a set of nodes and edges, each of the edges extending between a respective pairs of the nodes, each of two or more of the nodes in the target graph representation representing a respective physical or logical qubit of the quantum processor;
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causing a concurrent visual presentation of the source graph representation and the target graph representation of the first instance of the problem.

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A system to provide a user interface for use with a quantum processor-based system that comprises a quantum processor including a plurality of physical qubits and a plurality of couplers, each of the couplers operable to set a coupling strength between a respective pair of the plurality of physical qubits, the system comprising:

at least one processor;
at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores processor-executable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
generate a source graph representation of a first instance of a problem, the source graph representation including a set of nodes and edges, each of the edges extending between a respective pairs of the nodes, each of two or more of the nodes in the source graph representation representing a respective variable of a logical problem and having corresponding problem information and corresponding solution information logically associated therewith;
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generate a target graph representation of the first instance of the problem, the target graph representation including a set of nodes and edges, each of the edges extending between a respective pairs of the nodes, each of two or more of the nodes in the target graph representation representing a respective physical or logical qubit of the quantum processor;
and
cause a concurrent visual presentation of the source graph representation and the target graph representation of the first instance of the problem.

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User interface, programmer and/or debugger for embedding and/or modifying problems on quantum processors

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User interface, programmer and/or debugger for embedding and/or modifying problems on quantum processors

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