In this deck from the Disruptive Technologies Session at the 2015 HPC User Forum, Bo Ewald from D-Wave Systems presents: D-Wave Quantum Computing. Learn more: http://www.dwavesys.com/our-company/meet-d-wave Watch the video presentation: http://wp.me/p3RLHQ-evm Sign up for our insideHPC Newsletter: http://insidehpc.com/newsletter

1. D-Wave Quantum Computing
September 10, 2015

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What is a Quantum Computer?
• Exploits quantum mechanical effects
• Built with “qubits” rather than “bits”
• Operates in an extreme environment
• Enables quantum algorithms to solve
very hard problems
• Architecture is analog like
Quantum
Processor

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Intel 64 D-Wave
Performance (GFLOPS) ~20 (12 cores) 0
Precision (bits) 64 4-5
MIPS ~12,000 (12 cores) 0.01
Instructions 245+ (A-M)
251+ (N-Z) 1
OperatingTemp. 67.9° C -273° C
Power Cons. 100 w +/- ~0
Devices 4B+ transistors 500 qubits
Maturity 1945-2015 ~1950’s
But, It Is Fundamentally DifferentThan
AnythingYou’ve Ever Done Before!

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How itWorks

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Discrete Combinatorial Optimization Benchmarks
MedianTime to Find Best Solution
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
100
1000
10000
0 100 200 300 400 500
Mediantimetobestsolution(s)
Problem size (number of qubits)
CPLEX
METSTABU
AKMAXSAT
VESUVIUS
11000 x
The D-WaveTwo won’t solve all
problems, but for some important
problems it does very well
Timing Benchmark – Smaller is Better
D-WAVE II