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:: Wed 7/1, 2:00 in 6-310 (QIP seminar)

Berkley,Andrew (D-Wave)
Solving optimization problems using an eight qubit superconducting circuit

The state of the art in superconducting quantum electronics has reached the point where it appears feasible to build an adiabatic quantum optimization processor based on them. D-Wave is currently building such a device. In this talk I will discuss: the high-level architecture; the design of the qubits and supporting devices; measurements of qubit performance and noise characterization; and measurements on a scalable 8-qubit unit cell where optimization problems are downloaded to the chip by a handful of digital lines leading to on-chip control circuitry (SFQ) which configure the qubits and couplers.


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