Patent classifications
G06F7/5057
Oblivious carry runway registers for performing piecewise additions
Methods and apparatus for piecewise addition into an accumulation register using one or more carry runway registers, where the accumulation register includes a first plurality of qubits with each qubit representing a respective bit of a first binary number and where each carry runway register includes multiple qubits representing a respective binary number. In one aspect, a method includes inserting the one or more carry runway registers into the accumulation register at respective predetermined qubit positions, respectively, of the accumulation register; initializing each qubit of each carry runway register in a plus state; applying one or more subtraction operations to the accumulation register, where each subtraction operation subtracts a state of a respective carry runway register from a corresponding portion of the accumulation register; and adding one or more input binary numbers into the accumulation register using piecewise addition.
Determining sums using logic circuits
A logic circuit comprising: inputs for receiving multiple n-bit numbers, n being greater than one; and an adder capable of receiving m n-bit numbers, m being greater than one, and forming an output representing the sum of those numbers, the adder having a plurality of single-bit stages and being configured to form the sum by subjecting successive bits of each of the numbers to an operation in a respective one of the single-bit stages, the single-bit stages being such that the adder has insufficient capacity to add all possible combinations of bits in a respective bit position of m n-bit numbers; the addition circuit being configured to add the multiple n-bit numbers by: in the adder, adding a first one of the n-bit numbers to a value corresponding to a set of non-consecutive bits of another of the n-bit numbers to form a first intermediate value; adding the first intermediate value to a value corresponding to the bits of the said other of the n-bit numbers other than those in the said set to form a sum; and outputting the sum.
Logarithmic addition-accumulator circuitry, processing pipeline including same, and methods of operation
An integrated circuit including a plurality of logarithmic addition-accumulator circuits, connected in series, to, in operation, perform logarithmic addition and accumulate operations, wherein each logarithmic addition-accumulator circuit includes: (i) a logarithmic addition circuit to add a first input data and a filter weight data, each having the logarithmic data format, and to generate and output first sum data having a logarithmic data format, and (ii) an accumulator, coupled to the logarithmic addition circuit of the associated logarithmic addition-accumulator circuit, to add a second input data and the first sum data output by the associated logarithmic addition circuit to generate first accumulation data. The integrated circuit may further include first data format conversion circuitry, coupled to the output of each logarithmic addition circuit, to convert the data format of the first sum data to a floating point data format wherein the accumulator may be a floating point type.
Quantum circuit optimization using windowed quantum arithmetic
Methods, systems and apparatus for performing windowed quantum arithmetic. In one aspect, a method for performing a product addition operation includes: determining multiple entries of a lookup table, comprising, for each index in a first set of indices, multiplying the index value by a scalar for the product addition operation; for each index in a second set of indices, determining multiple address values, comprising extracting source register values corresponding to indices between i) the index in the second set of indices, and ii) the index in the second set of indices plus the predetermined window size; and adjusting values of a target quantum register based on the determined multiple entries of the lookup table and the determined multiple address values.
Measurement based uncomputation for quantum circuit optimization
Methods and apparatus for optimizing a quantum circuit. In one aspect, a method includes identifying one or more sequences of operations in the quantum circuit that un-compute respective qubits on which the quantum circuit operates; generating an adjusted quantum circuit, comprising, for each identified sequence of operations in the quantum circuit, replacing the sequence of operations with an X basis measurement and a classically-controlled phase correction operation, wherein a result of the X basis measurement acts as a control for the classically-controlled correction phase operation; and executing the adjusted quantum circuit.
In-memory arithmetic processors
In-memory arithmetic processors for the “n-bit” by “n-bit” multiplication, the “n-bit” by “n-bit” addition, and the “n-bit” by “n-bit” subtraction operations are disclosed. The in-memory arithmetic processors of the invention can obtain the operational resultant integer in the binary format for two inputted integers represented by two “n-bit” binary codes in one-step processing with no sequential multiple-step operations as for the conventional arithmetic binary processors. The in-memory arithmetic processors are implemented by a 2-dimensional memory array with X and Y decoding for the two inputted operational integers in the arithmetic binary operations.
OBLIVIOUS CARRY RUNWAY REGISTERS FOR PERFORMING PIECEWISE ADDITIONS
Methods and apparatus for piecewise addition into an accumulation register using one or more carry runway registers, where the accumulation register includes a first plurality of qubits with each qubit representing a respective bit of a first binary number and where each carry runway register includes multiple qubits representing a respective binary number. In one aspect, a method includes inserting the one or more carry runway registers into the accumulation register at respective predetermined qubit positions, respectively, of the accumulation register; initializing each qubit of each carry runway register in a plus state; applying one or more subtraction operations to the accumulation register, where each subtraction operation subtracts a state of a respective carry runway register from a corresponding portion of the accumulation register; and adding one or more input binary numbers into the accumulation register using piecewise addition.
Embedded Arithmetic Blocks for Structured ASICs
An integrated circuit is provided that includes via-configured structured logic circuitry and an embedded arithmetic block that interfaces with the via-configured structured logic circuitry to perform an arithmetic function. The embedded arithmetic block includes at least one monolithic arithmetic circuit that can perform the arithmetic function more efficiently or taking up less die space than a comparable circuit formed from the via-configured structured logic circuitry.
PARALLEL COMPUTATION OF A LOGIC OPERATION, INCREMENT, AND DECREMENT OF ANY PORTION OF A SUM
One embodiment provides a processor comprising at least one of a first mask to receive a first input operand and a second input operand and to generate a selected portion of an AND of a sum of the first input operand and the second input operand using an AND chain of the first mask in parallel with generation of the sum by an adder; and a second mask to receive the first input operand and the second input operand and to generate the selected portion of an OR of the sum using an OR chain of the second mask in parallel with generation of the sum.
SURFACE CODE COMPUTATIONS USING AUTO-CCZ QUANTUM STATES
Methods and apparatus for performing surface code computations using Auto-CCZ states. In one aspect, a method for implementing a delayed choice CZ operation on a first and second data qubit using a quantum computer includes: preparing a first and second routing qubit in a magic state; interacting the first data qubit with the first routing qubit and the second data qubit with the second routing qubit using a first and second CNOT operation, where the first and second data qubits act as controls for the CNOT operations; if a received first classical bit represents an off state: applying a first and second Hadamard gate to the first and second routing qubit; measuring the first and second routing qubit using Z basis measurements to obtain a second and third classical bit; and performing classically controlled fixup operations on the first and second data qubit using the second and third classical bits.