Performance of quantum annealing hardware

Damian S. Steiger; Bettina Heim; Troels F. Rønnow; Matthias Troyer

doi:10.1117/12.2202661

22 October 2015 Performance of quantum annealing hardware

Damian S. Steiger, Bettina Heim, Troels F. Rønnow, Matthias Troyer

Proceedings Volume 9648, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XII; and Quantum Information Science and Technology; 964816 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2202661
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

In this paper, we provide an introduction to quantum annealers, which are analogue quantum computing devices, and their potential application to solve hard optimisation problems. We summarise our benchmarks performed on a "Wave Two" machine by Canadian company D-Wave Systems Inc.

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Damian S. Steiger, Bettina Heim, Troels F. Rønnow, and Matthias Troyer "Performance of quantum annealing hardware", Proc. SPIE 9648, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XII; and Quantum Information Science and Technology, 964816 (22 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2202661

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