Reprogrammable quantum processor architecture incorporating quantum error correction

A quantum computing machine, comprising:

• one or more quantum cores each including a quantum computing unit and a quantum entanglement unit for configuring controls thereto;
• a quantum error detection unit operative to detect errors in quantum computations in said quantum entanglement and quantum computing units and to calculate error syndromes therefrom;
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• a quantum error correction unit operative to perform forward error correction correcting errors detected by said quantum error detection unit.

A quantum computing machine, comprising:

• one or more quantum computing cores including a quantum entanglement unit for configuring controls to perform operations on quantum states therein;
• ancillary quantum states input to said quantum entanglement unit and an ancillary quantum processing path;
• a quantum error detection unit operative to detect errors in quantum computations in said quantum entanglement unit utilizing said ancillary quantum states to calculate error syndromes therefrom;
• a quantum error correction control unit operative to determine corrections to apply to said quantum states based on computed error syndromes;
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• a quantum error correction unit operative to perform forward error correction correcting errors in accordance with said corrections from said quantum error correction control unit.

A quantum computing machine, comprising:

• one or more quantum computing cores including a quantum entanglement unit for configuring controls to perform operations on quantum states therein;
• a quantum computation including a main path and a complimentary path;
• a main detector coupled to said main path and a complimentary detector coupled to said complimentary path;
• a classic error detection unit coupled to the output of said main detector and said complimentary detector, and operative to generate error detection and/or error correction feedback data input to said quantum entanglement unit;
• a quantum error detection unit operative to detect errors in quantum computations in said quantum entanglement unit and quantum computation utilizing ancillary quantum states to calculate error syndromes therefrom;
• a quantum error correction control unit operative to determine corrections to apply to said quantum states;
• and
• a quantum error correction unit operative to perform forward error correction correcting errors in accordance with said corrections from said quantum error correction control unit.