Hybrid Quantum Application Framework for Cross-Platform Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing quantum computing solutions from different manufacturers require different development environments and lack multiplatform compatibility, and existing technologies fail to provide a unified framework for adapting conventional algorithms to quantum equivalents in an agnostic and multiplatform manner, limiting their execution across various quantum machines.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid quantum computing system with a framework of tools, services, and processes that facilitate the adaptation of conventional algorithms to quantum equivalents, enabling execution on machines from different manufacturers through a unified platform, utilizing a business process manager, compiler, transpiler, dictionary, processing unit execution engine, algorithmic management, telemetry, and control subsystems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each manufacturer provides a different development environment and programming language, then each quantum computer can execute native algorithms efficiently, but multiplatform compatibility and algorithm reproducibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a transpiler as an intermediary component that translates quantum algorithms from one programming language or framework to another. This mediator enables compatibility between different quantum computing platforms without requiring each platform to support all programming languages natively, thus resolving the contradiction between native execution efficiency and multiplatform adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal quantum computing framework that can execute algorithms across multiple different quantum hardware architectures and programming languages. This universal platform serves multiple functions by accommodating various quantum computers from different manufacturers through a common development environment, achieving both efficiency and versatility
2Productivity
If conventional algorithms are adapted to quantum equivalents for each manufacturer's machine, then quantum computing capabilities can be utilized, but the complexity of adaptation and deployment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transpiler serves as an automated intermediary that handles the complex task of converting conventional algorithms to quantum equivalents for each manufacturer's specific hardware architecture. This eliminates the need for manual adaptation of algorithms for each platform, reducing deployment complexity while maintaining quantum computing capability utilization
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service algorithm adaptation where the transpiler automatically translates algorithms between different quantum frameworks based on the target hardware specifications. This automated process eliminates the need for users to manually rewrite algorithms for each manufacturer, significantly reducing the complexity burden
3Productivity
If quantum computers are optimized for specific algorithms and hardware architectures, then performance is maximized for that algorithm, but interoperability and algorithm portability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The transpiler acts as an intermediary layer that preserves algorithm performance optimizations for specific hardware architectures while enabling portability across different platforms. It translates algorithms in a way that maintains their optimized execution characteristics for each target quantum computer without requiring algorithm redesign, thus preserving both performance and portability
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system comprising one or more clients (100) connected to a server (200), wherein said server (200) is in in turn connected to one or more quantum computers (300, 300', 300"), and wherein each of said quantum computers (300, 300', 300") presents a proprietary application programming interface. Advantageously, the server (200) comprises a BPM (1); a compiler (2) of a first conventional or quantum computing algorithm as a quantum computing meta-algorithm; a transpiler (4) of the quantum computing meta-algorithm as a second quantum computing algorithm, wherein said second algorithm is compatible with the application programming interface of at least one of the quantum computers (300, 300', 300"); and a processing unit execution engine (5) adapted for executing the second algorithm in at least the quantum computer (300, 300', 300") having an application programming interface with which it is compatible.