Glossary

BQM
Binary Quadratic Model
Chimera
The name given to the architecture of the D-Wave™ QPU which describes how the qubits connect.
Embedding
Each logical qubit, in the graph of the objective function, may be represented by one or more physical qubits. The process of mapping the logical qubits to physical qubits is known as embedding.
Ising
Traditionally used in statistical mechanics. Variables are “spin up” (↑) and “spin down” (↓), states that correspond to +1 and −1 values. Relationships between the spins, represented by couplings, are correlations or anti-correlations.
Minimum gap
The minimum distance between the ground state and the first excited state throughout any point in the anneal.
Objective function
A mathematical expression of the energy of a system as a function of binary variables representing the qubits.
QPU
Quantum processing unit
QUBO
Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization
SAPI
Solver Application Programming Interface
Solver
A resource that runs a problem.
SQUID
Superconducting QUantum Interference Device
VFYC
Virtual Full Yield Chimera
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