CN116542338A - Quantum computing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a quantum computing method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring parameters of a program code and a code operation request submitted by a user on a user interface, wherein the parameters of the code operation request comprise quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is generated according to quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface; transmitting the program codes to a quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to operate so as to obtain an operation result; and sending the operation result to the user interface. According to the quantum computing method and device, for the same set of quantum program codes, a user does not need to manually modify the codes or package again when switching quantum execution environments, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Description

Quantum Computing Method and Device

technical field

The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of quantum computing cloud services, and more specifically, to a quantum computing method and device.

Background technique

Quantum computing is an emerging computing technology. By using the quantum effects (quantum entanglement, parallelism) and other characteristics of microscopic particles (electrons or photons, etc.), it can realize accelerated computing for specific problems. Limiting emerging computing technologies, quantum computing has received widespread attention. Quantum computers using quantum computing can compress computing tasks that take thousands of years on classical computers into hours or even minutes. However, current quantum computers are based on technologies such as superconductivity and ion traps. The environmental requirements are very high, resulting in high cost of a single quantum computer and strict deployment conditions. Therefore, it will be a foreseeable trend for quantum computing devices to serve research institutions, enterprises or individuals through cloud services.

Contents of the invention

The embodiment of the present application provides a quantum computing method and device. For the same set of quantum program codes, the user does not need to manually modify the code or repackage when switching the quantum execution environment, which improves the user experience.

In the first aspect, a quantum computing method is provided, the method includes: obtaining the program code submitted by the user on the user interface and the parameters of the code running request, the parameters of the code running request include quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is Generate according to the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface; send the program code to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to obtain the running result; send the running result to the user interface.

Compared with the existing technology, the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application can support the execution of complex quantum and classical mixed programs, and support the execution of the same set of codes in multiple different quantum execution environments. For the same set of program code, the user does not need to manually modify the code or repackage when switching the quantum execution environment, just select the corresponding execution environment on the user interface, and then specify different quantum chips or quantum simulators to perform quantum calculations .

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the user interface includes one or more quantum computing execution environment options, and the one or more quantum computing execution environment options include default options or user-defined options.

Among them, the default option is provided by the system, and the user-defined option is the quantum computing execution environment modified or edited by the user in advance according to the needs. In the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application, the user can define the quantum computing execution environment according to actual needs. Improves the flexibility of quantum programming.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the user-defined option is code generation based on a user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment.

In the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application, the configuration parameters of the custom quantum computing execution environment can be generated according to the code of the custom quantum computing execution environment edited by the user, and then the configuration parameters of the custom quantum computing execution environment are saved as the corresponding option.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, one or more quantum computing execution environment options are determined according to the configuration options of the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface, and the user interface includes multiple configurations option.

In the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application, both the quantum computing execution environment and the classical computing execution environment can also be selected by the user according to the options in the menu bar of the user interface, and both the quantum computing execution environment and the classical computing execution environment are controlled by multiple A combination of configuration options is determined.

In combination with the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the user interface further includes one or more parameter options for quantum computing execution, the parameter options include reserved resources for quantum computing execution, and the parameter options include default options or user Customization options.

In the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application, in addition to selecting the execution environment on the user interface, the user can also select the parameters of the execution environment on the user interface. Resources, to avoid other programs occupying resources during the running of the program, and improve operating efficiency.

In combination with the first aspect, in some implementations of the first aspect, the program code includes quantum computing program code and classical computing program code, and the program code is sent to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information, including: Determine the quantum computing program code and the classical computing program code in the program code; send the quantum computing program code to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information; run the classical computing program code in the classical computing execution environment.

The quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application also supports the distinction between the quantum computing program and the classical computing program in the complex quantum and classical mixed program, so that the quantum computing program can be sent to the quantum computing execution environment to run, while the classical computing program The program is run by the local classical computing execution environment.

With reference to the first aspect, in some implementation manners of the first aspect, the classical computing execution environment includes a container or a virtual machine running on a GPU, a CPU, or an NPU.

In a second aspect, a quantum computing device is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit, configured to acquire the program code submitted by the user on the user interface and the parameters of the code running request, the parameters of the code running request include quantum computing execution environment information, quantum The computing execution environment information is generated according to the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface; the processing unit is used to send the program code to the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to run in order to obtain the operation result; the output unit , used to send the run results to the UI.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the user interface includes one or more quantum computing execution environment options, and the one or more quantum computing execution environment options include default options or user-defined options.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the user-defined option is code generation based on a user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, one or more quantum computing execution environment options are determined according to the configuration options of the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface, and the user interface includes multiple configuration options options.

In conjunction with the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the user interface also includes one or more parameter options for quantum computing execution, the parameter options include reserved resources for quantum computing execution, and the parameter options include default options or user Customization options.

In combination with the second aspect, in some implementations of the second aspect, the program code includes a quantum calculation program code and a classical calculation program code, and the processing unit is specifically used to: determine the quantum calculation program code and the classical calculation program code in the program code; The quantum computing program code is sent to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information; the classical computing program code is run in the classical computing execution environment.

With reference to the second aspect, in some implementation manners of the second aspect, the classical computing execution environment includes a container or a virtual machine running on a GPU, a CPU, or an NPU.

In the third aspect, a chip is provided, the chip includes: a logic circuit, the logic circuit is used to couple with the input/output interface, and transmit data through the input/output interface, so as to implement any one of the above-mentioned first aspect or the first aspect method of implementation.

In a fourth aspect, a computer-readable medium is provided, the computer-readable medium stores program codes, and when the computer program codes run on a computer, the computer executes the above-mentioned first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect way of way.

In the fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a computer system, the computer system includes a quantum computer and a classical computer, and the classical computer is used to control the quantum computer, so that the quantum computer realizes the first aspect or any possible implementation of the first aspect way of way.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 2 is the schematic flowchart of the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a browser user interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another browser user interface according to the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of implementing the operation of the program code edited by the user according to the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a computing cluster subsystem provided by an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the distribution program code of the quantum computing engine of the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 8 is the specific process of the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a quantum computing device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a quantum computing system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

At present, many manufacturers and research institutions provide quantum programming services through cloud services, including browser-based graphical quantum programming services and browser-based integrated development environment (integrated development environment, IDE) programming services.

The browser-based graphical quantum programming service enables users to build quantum circuits in the browser by dragging and dropping, and then submits the quantum circuit program to the background to perform corresponding quantum calculations. Generally speaking, browser-based graphical quantum programming services are only suitable for programming for teaching and demonstration purposes, and are not suitable for large-scale quantum computing. In addition, browser-based graphical quantum programming services generally only support the development of quantum programs. Execution does not support the execution of complex mixed quantum and classical programs. As far as the current development of quantum computing is concerned, quantum computing tasks usually need to cooperate with classical computing tasks to complete an actual computing task. Therefore, browser-based graphical Quantum programming services cannot handle most existing computing tasks.

In the existing browser-based IDE programming service, the user edits the code in the browser. At the same time, the user needs to specify the execution environment of quantum computing in the background in the code, and then the browser submits the edited code to the network server, and the network server The code is then submitted to a container or a virtual machine, and the container or virtual machine is used to execute the code, wherein, if the code is a program code mixed with quantum and classical, the classical program code is executed by a classical processor (such as a central processing unit (CPU) , CPU) or graphics processing unit (graphics processing unit, GPU, etc.) execution, while the quantum computing program code is executed by the quantum computing execution environment specified by the user in the code. Although this existing browser-based IDE programming service supports the execution of complex mixed quantum and classical programs, it also has its shortcomings. For example, for a set of codes originally executed in the first quantum execution environment, if the user needs to If the code is executed in the second quantum execution environment, the user can only manually modify the relevant code in the browser, that is, redesignate the quantum execution environment of the code as the second quantum execution environment, or the code of the quantum execution environment If it has been encapsulated through command line parameters or configuration files, the user needs to modify the relevant configuration files or command line parameters in the browser, which will increase the workload of users to edit the code.

Therefore, the embodiment of this application provides a quantum computing method, which not only supports the execution of complex quantum and classical mixed programs, but also supports the execution of the same set of codes in multiple different quantum execution environments, and at the same time, users do not need to switch between quantum execution environments. Manually modify the code or repackage to improve user experience. Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the system architecture of the embodiment of the present application, as shown in Figure 1, the system includes a code editing interface 101, an IDE server 102, a computing cluster subsystem 103, a quantum computing engine 104, a quantum computer or a quantum simulator 105 wait. The system shown in Figure 1 can be used to implement the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application, wherein, the code editing interface 101 is an interface for users to edit codes, including a code editor that implements online editing codes through front-end technologies (Javascript, etc.), For example various browsers etc. The IDE server 102 is used to implement user authentication, computing node management required by the quantum computing engine, IDE configuration file or configuration parameter management, etc. For browser-based IDE programming services, the IDE server can be a web server or the like. The computing cluster subsystem 103 is used to schedule and manage computing nodes, which are the operating environment of the quantum computing engine, and computing nodes can usually be containers or virtual machines. The quantum computing engine 104 runs on a classical operating system (such as CPU or GPU, etc.), and is used to distribute the quantum computing program code in the program mixed with quantum and classical to run in the quantum computing execution environment, and distribute the classical computing program code to Running in the classical computing execution environment, the classical computing execution environment includes containers or virtual machines running on the GPU, CPU or embedded neural network processor (neural network processing unit, NPU), etc., and after the code execution ends, the quantum computing engine 104 is also used to merge the execution result of the quantum computing program code and the execution result of the classical computing program code, and then return the combined result. The quantum computing subsystem or quantum simulator 105 is the quantum computing execution environment, wherein the quantum computing subsystem is usually a quantum chip and corresponding supporting software and hardware, and the quantum simulator is a software module capable of realizing quantum computing. The quantum computing subsystem and There are different types of quantum simulators, which can be pre-specified by users according to their needs in actual operation.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic flowchart of a quantum computing method according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein the method in Fig. 2 can be executed by the system shown in Fig. 1 , and the quantum computing method shown in Fig. 2 includes steps 201 and 202, The following are introduced separately.

S201. Obtain the program code submitted by the user on the user interface and the parameters of the code running request. The parameters of the code running request include quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is generated according to the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface.

The user edits the program code on the user interface, and the user interface may be a browser or a local client program of the user. Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a browser user interface according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 3, the browser user interface includes a menu bar and a code editor, etc., wherein the code editing area is used for inputting codes. In the embodiment of this application, the user does not need to specify the quantum computing execution environment in the code, but only needs to select the required quantum computing execution environment in the execution environment option in the menu bar. For the same set of code, when it is necessary to switch the quantum computing execution environment , the user only needs to re-select the corresponding execution environment in the menu bar, without re-editing or modifying the code. Specifically, the optional execution environment options in the menu bar include default options and user-defined options, where the default options are provided by the system, for example, the "high-performance quantum simulator" in Figure 3 is the default quantum computing provided by the system The user-defined option is the quantum computing execution environment modified or edited by the user in advance according to the needs, for example, the configuration parameters of the custom quantum computing execution environment are generated according to the user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment code, and then The configuration parameters of the custom quantum computing execution environment are saved as corresponding options, for example, "quantum processing unit (quantum processing unit, QPU) type 1", "QPU type 2", "QPU type 1 100Qubit" in Figure 3 are all The user-defined quantum computing execution environment option, taking "QPU type 1 100Qubit" as an example, indicates that the quantum computing execution environment is a QPU of type 1 and simultaneously applies for 100 qubits of reserved resources, among which the reserved resources of 100 qubits are applied for When the program requires high performance, the resource is applied for 100 qubit resources during the execution and will not be released during the execution, and will be released after the execution is completed. In addition to the direct selection of the corresponding quantum computing execution environment option in Figure 3, the embodiment of the present application also provides a user interface as shown in Figure 4, as shown in Figure 4, both the quantum computing execution environment and the classical computing execution environment can be controlled by The user makes a choice according to the options in the menu bar, and both the quantum computing execution environment and the classical computing execution environment are determined by a combination of multiple configuration options. For example, in Figure 4, the quantum computing execution environment is determined by configuration options such as processor and type. The options for processors include high-performance quantum simulators and QPUs, and the options for types include Type 1 and Type 2, etc., and the user can determine the corresponding quantum execution environment after selecting the processor and type options; correspondingly, classical computing execution The environment is determined by configuration options such as processors and computing nodes. The options for processors include CPU, GPU, etc., and the options for computing nodes include containers and virtual machines. Users select the options for processors and computing nodes to determine The corresponding classical computing execution environment. In addition, the user interface can also include one or more parameter options for quantum computing execution, such as the reserved resources for quantum computing execution in Figure 4, the parameter options include default options or user-defined options, 100Qubit in Figure 4 、 200Qubit is user-defined option, 0 is the default option provided by the system.

S202. Send the program code to the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to run, so as to obtain the running result.

After the user edits the program code and selects the corresponding quantum computing execution environment (or also includes the classical computing execution environment) on the user interface, the program code is submitted on the user interface, and the quantum computing execution environment is generated according to the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user. Environmental information, quantum computing execution environment information is one of the parameters of the code running request, and is submitted to the background together with the program code. When the program code includes both quantum computing program code and classical computing program code, the system will The quantum computing program code is sent to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to obtain the quantum computing result, and the classical computing program code is run in the classical computing execution environment to obtain the classical computing result.

S203, sending the running result to the user interface.

The background feeds back the running results of the program code to the user interface. When the program code includes both quantum computing program codes and classical computing program codes, the quantum computing results and classical computing results are combined and then fed back to the user interface.

The following describes how to execute the program code edited by the user according to the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application with reference to FIG. 5 . Fig. 5 shows a schematic flowchart of implementing the operation of the program code edited by the user according to the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 5, the user writes the program code in the user interface of the browser, and the user interface can It is the user interface shown in Fig. 3 or Fig. 4, the program code is a program code mixed with quantum and classical, including both quantum computing program code and classical computing program code. After the user finishes writing the program code, he can select the execution environment of the program code in the menu bar of the user interface, including the selection of the quantum computing execution environment and the selection of the classical computing execution environment, or only the quantum computing execution environment can be selected, and the classical computing execution environment can be selected. The calculation execution environment is specified by the system by default, depending on the setting of the system in a specific situation. After the user selects the execution environment, he submits the program code and the corresponding execution environment selection result, and the program code and the execution environment information generated according to the execution environment selection result are submitted to the network server, and the network server authenticates the user, that is, verifies the user Whether you have the right to access the system, after the authentication is successful, the network server will send the program code and execution environment information to the computing node. In practical applications, the computing nodes are managed and scheduled by the computing cluster subsystem. The computing cluster subsystem can usually be implemented using container technology or virtual machine technology. Containers and virtual machines are used to provide packaging and isolation for applications, thus building a set of A self-contained unit that can run anywhere, freeing up the need for physical hardware and using technology resources more efficiently. FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of a computing cluster subsystem provided by an embodiment of the present application. The computing cluster subsystem is implemented using container management technology. A container is a lightweight, portable, and self-contained software packaging technology that enables Applications can run the same way everywhere. The computing cluster subsystem in Figure 6 receives the request information sent by the network server. The request information includes program code and execution environment information. The computing cluster subsystem isolates and allocates computing resources through container technology. Specifically, container technology can effectively The resources of a single operating system can be divided into isolated groups to better balance conflicting resource usage needs among the isolated groups. The storage service/database service is used to store configuration files or configuration parameters corresponding to the programming project, and the configuration files or configuration parameters are used to indicate the execution environments available in the programming project, such as various quantum execution environments and classical execution environments in Figure 5 wait. As shown in Figure 6, each container contains an agent program (agent), which is used to receive the program code and execution environment information sent by the network server, and start the corresponding quantum computing engine. An independent program on a resource (such as CPU or GPU), which is used to determine the quantum computing program code and classical computing program code in the program code, and send the quantum computing program code to the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to run , sending the classical computing program code to run in the classical computing execution environment. Fig. 7 shows a schematic diagram of the distribution program code of the quantum computing engine of the embodiment of the present application. As shown in Fig. 7, after receiving the program code, it is first judged whether the program code is a quantum computing program code or a classical computing program code. The code is sent to run in the quantum computing execution environment, where the quantum computing execution environment is determined according to the received execution environment information. The quantum computing execution environment includes quantum computers or quantum simulators, etc., and receives the quantum computing program in the quantum computing execution environment. The running result is the quantum computing result; if it is judged that the program code is a classical computing program code, run the classical computing program code in the computing node, and the computing node outputs the classical computing result, and then judge the computing based on the quantum computing result and the classical computing result Is it over? If it is over, the quantum calculation result and the classical calculation result will be combined and then the combined running result will be returned step by step. As shown in Figure 5, the computing node will return the combined running result to the network server, and the network server will then The running result of the program code is returned to the browser interface, that is, the running result of the program code is fed back to the user. If the calculation is not over, the quantum calculation and classical calculation are continued according to the flow in Figure 7 until the calculation is completed. Among them, the quantum computing engine can send the quantum computing program code to the quantum computer or quantum simulator through the application programming interface (application programming interface, API) gateway, as shown in Figure 7, the API gateway is used to manage the interface of remote quantum computing resources Call to send the quantum computing task to the corresponding quantum computing execution environment.

Therefore, according to the introduction of the above-mentioned Figures 2 to 7, it can be known that the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application can support the execution of complex quantum and classical mixed programs, and support the same set of codes in multiple different Execute in the Quantum Execution Environment. For the same set of program code, the user does not need to manually modify the code or repackage when switching the quantum execution environment, just select the corresponding execution environment on the user interface, and then specify different quantum chips or quantum simulators to perform quantum calculations ; In addition to selecting the execution environment on the user interface, the user can also select the parameters of the execution environment on the user interface, such as choosing to reserve a certain amount of quantum computing resources when executing the program code in this execution environment, so as to avoid other problems during the running of the program. Programs take up resources and improve operating efficiency. In addition, the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application also supports the distinction between the quantum computing program and the classical computing program in the complex quantum and classical mixed program, so that the quantum computing program can be sent to the quantum computing execution environment to run, and the Classical computing programs are run by the local classical computing execution environment.

The specific process of the quantum computing method in the embodiment of the present application will be introduced below with reference to FIG. 8 . As shown in Figure 8, the user logs in on the user interface, and the user interface initiates an authentication request to the network server to verify whether the user has the right to access the system. After the authentication is completed, the login is successful. The user applies for creating a computing node in the user interface, the user interface sends the computing node creation request to the network server, and the network server sends the computing node creation request to the computing cluster subsystem, and the computing cluster subsystem creates the corresponding computing node according to the computing node creation request. The user creates a custom execution environment on the user interface. The process of creating a custom execution environment can refer to the descriptions of the above-mentioned Figures 3 and 4. The embodiment of the present application will not go into details here, and the configuration file of the created custom execution environment is saved. locally for subsequent use by users. When the user creates a project on the user interface, the user interface sends the project creation request to the web server, and the web server automatically generates the configuration file of the project, which contains all the configuration information of the optional background execution environment, including the default provided by the system. The configuration information of the execution environment and the configuration information of the user-defined execution environment, the network server then sends the configuration file of the project to the computing node through the computing cluster subsystem. The user writes the program code on the user interface, saves the program code after the writing is completed, and then selects the required execution environment on the user interface, and submits the program code after the selection is completed. The user interface sends the program code running request, program code and execution environment information to the network server, and the network server then sends the program code running request, program code and execution environment information to the computing node through the computing cluster subsystem, and the computing node runs the request according to the program code Start the quantum computing engine. The quantum computing engine obtains the configuration file of the project from the storage medium bound to the computing node, and obtains multiple optional execution environment information of the project according to the configuration file, for example, the multiple optional execution environments are Type1 QPU, Type2 QPU and quantum simulation Then the quantum computing engine distinguishes the program code, determines the quantum computing program code and the classical computing program code, and then determines the quantum execution environment according to the obtained execution environment information, such as Type1 QPU, then the quantum computing engine sends the classical computing program code to Go to the computing node for calculation, compile the quantum computing program code and send it to the Type1 QPU execution environment for calculation. Optionally, the obtained execution environment information may also include applying for reserved resources (for example, 100Qubit reserved resources), then the quantum computing engine applies to the Type1 QPU execution environment for 100Qubit reserved resources, if the Type1 QPU execution environment resources allow, and If the permission requirements are met, it will return success and return the corresponding sessionID. In this way, the quantum computing engine will send the sessionID and the quantum computing program code to the Type1 QPU execution environment to run, and the 100Qubit reserved resources may not be released during the running of the program code. , the reserved resource of 100 Qubit is not released until the entire program code (including the quantum computing program code and the classical computing program code) runs completely. The Type1 QPU execution environment performs quantum computing according to the quantum computing program code. After the calculation is completed, the quantum computing result is sent to the computing node. The computing node performs calculation according to the classical computing program code and obtains the classical computing result. merge to obtain the merged result, and finally return the merged result to the user interface. According to the method shown in Figure 8, users do not need to write additional adaptation codes to realize a set of mixed quantum and classical program codes running in a variety of different quantum computing environments. You can switch between different execution environments by selecting the corresponding execution environment on the user interface. In addition, you can also configure the corresponding parameters of the execution environment on the user interface, which can easily realize the special configuration of the quantum computing execution environment. Reserve corresponding computing resources, etc., so that the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application has a wide space for expansion.

The method of the embodiment of the present application has been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the device of the embodiment of the present application is described below. It should be understood that the device of the embodiment of the present application can perform each step of the method of the embodiment of the present application. Repeated descriptions are appropriately omitted when introducing the devices of the embodiments of the present application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of a quantum computing device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 9 , the quantum computing device cannot acquire a unit 901 and a processing unit 902 , which will be briefly introduced below.

The obtaining unit 901 is configured to obtain the program code submitted by the user on the user interface and the parameters of the code running request, the parameters of the code running request include quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is the quantum computing selected by the user on the user interface Execute environment generation.

The processing unit 902 is configured to send the program code to the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to run, so as to obtain the running result.

An output unit 903, configured to send the running result to the user interface.

In some implementations, the user interface includes one or more quantum computing execution environment options, and the one or more quantum computing execution environment options include default options or user-defined options.

In some implementations, the user-defined option is code generation from a user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment.

In some implementations, the one or more quantum computing execution environment options are determined according to the configuration options of the quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface, and the user interface includes multiple configuration options.

In some implementation manners, the user interface further includes one or more parameter options for quantum computing execution, the parameter options include reserved resources for quantum computing execution, and the parameter options include default options or user-defined options.

In some implementations, the program codes include quantum computing program codes and classical computing program codes, and the processing unit 902 is specifically used to: determine the quantum computing program codes and classical computing program codes in the program codes; send the quantum computing program codes to the quantum Run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the computing execution environment information; run the classical computing program code in the classical computing execution environment.

In some implementations, a classical computing execution environment includes containers or virtual machines running on GPUs, CPUs, or NPUs.

It should be understood that the quantum computing device shown in FIG. 9 can be used to implement the quantum computing method shown in FIG. The quantum computing device can also be used to implement the quantum computing method described in FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 , and the specific steps can refer to the above description of FIG. 5 to FIG. 8 , and for the sake of brevity, the present application will not repeat them here.

It should be understood that the quantum computing device shown in FIG. 9 is a device that can implement the method of the embodiment of the present application, and includes both the part implementing the quantum computing of the embodiment of the present application and the part implementing the classical computing of the embodiment of the present application.

It should be understood that the apparatus 900 in the embodiment of the present application may be implemented by software, for example, a computer program or instruction having the above-mentioned functions, and the corresponding computer program or instruction may be stored in the internal memory of the terminal and read by the processor. The corresponding computer programs or instructions inside the memory realize the above functions. Alternatively, the apparatus 900 in the embodiment of the present application may also be implemented by hardware. The processing unit 902 is a processor (such as a processor in an NPU, GPU, or system chip), and the acquisition unit 901 is a data interface. Alternatively, the apparatus 900 in the embodiment of the present application may also be implemented by a combination of a processor and a software unit. Specifically, the obtaining unit 901 may be an interface circuit of the processor, configured to obtain the program code and the selected execution environment information input by the user on the user interface, and send them to the processor interface circuit.

Fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a quantum computing system for implementing the quantum computing method of the embodiment of the present application. The system 1000 shown in FIG. 10 can be divided into a quantum computing part 1010 and a classical computing part 1020 . The quantum computing part 1010 is a physical device that follows the laws of quantum mechanics to perform high-speed mathematical and logical operations, and stores and processes quantum information. The classical computing part 1020 includes a classical processor 1021 and a memory 1022 . The memory 1022 is used to store instructions and/or codes, and the classical processor 1021 is used to run the instructions and/or codes running in the memory 1022, and realize quantum computing in combination with the quantum computer part.

The classical processor 1021 may determine a corresponding quantum circuit according to the acquired parameters. The classical processor 1021 can control the peripheral controller 1013 in the quantum computing part 1010 to generate control signals such as microwaves or lasers according to the determined quantum circuit, and operate on the quantum processor 1011 to realize the quantum gate operation on the quantum processor 1011, and The measurement device 1012 in the quantum computing part 1010 is controlled to measure the quantum state generated by the quantum processor 1011 .

It should be understood that the classical processor 1021 in FIG. 10 includes both a processor for controlling the quantum computing part to perform quantum computing and a processor for performing classical computing, so the classical computing part can also be used to implement the embodiment of the present application Classical computing, the memory 1022 stores instructions and/or codes, and the classical processor 1021 is used to execute the instructions and/or codes running in the memory 1022, so as to realize the calculation of the classical program codes.

The quantum computing system 1000 in FIG. 10 may also include a communication interface and a bus (not shown in the figure), wherein, the quantum computing part and the classical computing part and the communication interface in FIG. 10 may realize communication connection between each other through the bus.

It should be understood that the interface in the quantum computing system 1000 can be used to realize the functions of the acquisition unit 901 and the output unit 903 in FIG. 9 , and the classical processor 1021 can be used to realize the functions of the processing unit 902 in FIG. 9 .

The memory 1022 may be a read only memory (read only memory, ROM), a static storage device, a dynamic storage device or a random access memory (random access memory, RAM). The memory 1022 may store a program, and when the program stored in the memory 1022 is executed by the classical processor 1021, the classical processor 1021 is used to execute each step of the method in the embodiment of the present application.

Specifically, the classic processor 1021 can be used to execute step 202 in the method shown in FIG. 2 and the process of processing data shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 .

When the classic processor 1021 executes step 202 and the process of processing data shown in FIGS. The code is sent to run in the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information.

The classic processor 1021 may be a general-purpose central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a microprocessor, an application specific integrated circuit (application specific integrated circuit, ASIC), a graphics processing unit (graphics processing unit, GPU) or one or more The integrated circuit is configured to execute related programs to implement the methods in the embodiments of the present application.

The classical processor 1021 may also be an integrated circuit chip, which has signal processing capabilities. In the implementation process, each step of the method of the present application may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the classic processor 1021 or instructions in the form of software.

The above-mentioned classical processor 1021 may also be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (digital signal processing, DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete Gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. Various methods, steps, and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented or executed. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor, or the like. The steps of the methods disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software units in the decoding processor. The software unit may be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, register. The storage medium is located in the memory 1022, and the classical processor 1021 reads the information in the memory 1022, and combines its hardware to complete the functions required by the units included in the device, or execute the method of the method embodiment of the present application.

The communication interface uses a transceiver device such as but not limited to a transceiver to implement communication between the quantum computing system 1000 and other devices or communication networks. For example, the data input by the user in the items to be set can be obtained from the user interface through the communication interface.

A bus may include pathways for transferring information between various components of quantum computing system 1000 (eg, memory 1022, classical processor 1021, communication interfaces).

The embodiment of the present application also provides a chip, the chip includes: a logic circuit, the logic circuit is used to couple with the input/output interface, and transmit data through the input/output interface, so as to execute the above-mentioned methods in FIG. 2 to FIG. 8 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium stores program codes, and when the computer program codes run on the computer, the computer executes the above-mentioned methods in FIG. 2 to FIG. 8 .

The embodiment of the present application also provides a computer system in the embodiment of the present application, the computer system includes a quantum computer and a classical computer, and the classical computer is used to control the quantum computer so that the quantum computer implements the methods shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 8 .

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present application.

In the implementation process, each step of the above method can be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in a processor or an instruction in the form of software. The methods disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, register. The storage medium is located in the memory, and the processor reads the information in the memory, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware. To avoid repetition, no detailed description is given here.

The terms "component", "module", "system" and the like are used in this specification to refer to a computer-related entity, hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be components. One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component can be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. A component may, for example, be based on a signal having one or more packets of data (e.g., data from two components interacting with another component between a local system, a distributed system, and/or a network, such as the Internet via a signal interacting with other systems). Communicate through local and/or remote processes.

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present application.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, the specific working process of the above-described system, device and unit can refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or May be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions described above are realized in the form of software function units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disk or optical disk and other various media that can store program codes. .

The above is only a specific implementation of the application, but the scope of protection of the application is not limited thereto. Anyone familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the application. Should be covered within the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (16)

1. A quantum computing method, comprising:

acquiring parameters of a program code and a code operation request submitted by a user on a user interface, wherein the parameters of the code operation request comprise quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is generated according to quantum computing execution environments selected by the user on the user interface;

transmitting the program codes to a quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to operate so as to obtain an operation result;

and sending the operation result to the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes one or more quantum computing execution environment options thereon, the one or more quantum computing execution environment options including default options or user-defined options.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-defined option is code generation from a user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment.

4. A method according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the one or more quantum computing execution environment options are determined from configuration options of a quantum computing execution environment selected by a user on the user interface, the user interface comprising a plurality of the configuration options thereon.

5. The method of any of claims 2 to 4, further comprising one or more quantum computing execution parameter options on the user interface, the parameter options comprising reserved resources for quantum computing execution, the parameter options comprising default options or user-defined options.

6. The method of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the program code comprises quantum computing program code and classical computing program code, the sending the program code to run in a quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information, comprising:

determining quantum computing program code and classical computing program code in the program code;

transmitting the quantum computing program codes to a quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information for operation;

the classical computing program code is run in a classical computing execution environment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the classical computing execution environment comprises a container or virtual machine running on a GPU, CPU, or NPU.

8. A quantum computing device, comprising:

The system comprises an acquisition unit, a code processing unit and a code processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring parameters of a program code and a code operation request submitted by a user on a user interface, the parameters of the code operation request comprise quantum computing execution environment information, and the quantum computing execution environment information is generated according to quantum computing execution environment selected by the user on the user interface;

the processing unit is used for sending the program codes to the quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information to operate so as to obtain an operation result;

and the output unit is used for sending the operation result to the user interface.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein one or more quantum computing execution environment options are included on the user interface, the one or more quantum computing execution environment options including default options or user-defined options.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the user-defined option is code generation from a user-edited custom quantum computing execution environment.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 or 9, wherein the one or more quantum computing execution environment options are determined from configuration options of a quantum computing execution environment selected by a user on the user interface, the user interface including a plurality of the configuration options thereon.

12. The apparatus of any of claims 9 to 11, further comprising one or more quantum computing execution parameter options on the user interface, the parameter options comprising reserved resources for quantum computing execution, the parameter options comprising default options or user-defined options.

13. The apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that the program code comprises quantum computing program code and classical computing program code, the processing unit being in particular for:

determining quantum computing program code and classical computing program code in the program code;

transmitting the quantum computing program codes to a quantum computing execution environment corresponding to the quantum computing execution environment information for operation;

the classical computing program code is run in a classical computing execution environment.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the classical computing execution environment comprises a container or virtual machine running on a GPU, CPU, or NPU.

15. A chip, comprising: logic circuitry for coupling with an input/output interface through which data is transferred to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. A computer readable medium, characterized in that the computer readable medium stores a program code which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 7.