US 11,941,486 B2
Quantum annealing debugging systems and methods
Steven P. Reinhardt, Eagan, MN (US); Andrew D. King, Vancouver (CA); Loren J. Swenson, San Jose, CA (US); Warren T. E. Wilkinson, Burnaby (CA); and Trevor Michael Lanting, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC., Burnaby (CA)
Filed by D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC., Burnaby (CA)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,271.
Application 18/137,271 is a continuation of application No. 17/584,600, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,663,512.
Application 17/584,600 is a continuation of application No. 15/881,307, filed on Jan. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,263,547, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/452,106, filed on Jan. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325695 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06N 10/00 (2022.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC G06N 10/00 (2019.01) [G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25071 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
annealing a first qubit of a first pair of qubits toward a solution at a first rate;
annealing a second qubit of the first pair of qubits toward the solution at a second rate concurrently with the annealing of the first qubit of the first pair of qubits, the second rate faster than the first rate;
determining a state of the second qubit of the first pair of qubits at a first time before an end of the annealing of the first qubit of the first pair of qubits; and
modifying the annealing of the first qubit of the first pair of qubits based at least in part on the determined state of the second qubit of the first pair of qubits.