High-performance and reliable probabilistic Ising machine based on simulated quantum annealing

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Main Authors: Raimondo, Eleonora, Garzón, Esteban, Shao, Yixin, Grimaldi, Andrea, Chiappini, Stefano, Tomasello, Riccardo, Davila-Melendez, Noraica, Katine, Jordan A., Carpentieri, Mario, Chiappini, Massimo, Lanuzza, Marco, Amiri, Pedram Khalili, Finocchio, Giovanni
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author Raimondo, Eleonora
Garzón, Esteban
Shao, Yixin
Grimaldi, Andrea
Chiappini, Stefano
Tomasello, Riccardo
Davila-Melendez, Noraica
Katine, Jordan A.
Carpentieri, Mario
Chiappini, Massimo
Lanuzza, Marco
Amiri, Pedram Khalili
Finocchio, Giovanni
author_facet Raimondo, Eleonora
Garzón, Esteban
Shao, Yixin
Grimaldi, Andrea
Chiappini, Stefano
Tomasello, Riccardo
Davila-Melendez, Noraica
Katine, Jordan A.
Carpentieri, Mario
Chiappini, Massimo
Lanuzza, Marco
Amiri, Pedram Khalili
Finocchio, Giovanni
contents Probabilistic computing with pbits is emerging as a computational paradigm for machine learning and for facing combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) with the so-called probabilistic Ising machines (PIMs). From a hardware point of view, the key elements that characterize a PIM are the random number generation, the nonlinearity, the network of coupled pbits, and the energy minimization algorithm. Regarding the latter, in this work we show that PIMs using the simulated quantum annealing (SQA) schedule exhibit better performance as compared to simulated annealing and parallel tempering in solving a number of COPs, such as maximum satisfiability problems, planted Ising problem, and travelling salesman problem. Additionally, we design and simulate the architecture of a fully connected CMOS based PIM able to run the SQA algorithm having a spin-update time of 8 ns with a power consumption of 0.22 mW. Our results also show that SQA increases the reliability and the scalability of PIMs by compensating for device variability at an algorithmic level enabling the development of their implementation combining CMOS with different technologies such as spintronics. This work shows that the characteristics of the SQA are hardware agnostic and can be applied in the co-design of any hybrid analog digital Ising machine implementation. Our results open a promising direction for the implementation of a new generation of reliable and scalable PIMs.
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spellingShingle High-performance and reliable probabilistic Ising machine based on simulated quantum annealing
Raimondo, Eleonora
Garzón, Esteban
Shao, Yixin
Grimaldi, Andrea
Chiappini, Stefano
Tomasello, Riccardo
Davila-Melendez, Noraica
Katine, Jordan A.
Carpentieri, Mario
Chiappini, Massimo
Lanuzza, Marco
Amiri, Pedram Khalili
Finocchio, Giovanni
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Computational Physics
Probabilistic computing with pbits is emerging as a computational paradigm for machine learning and for facing combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) with the so-called probabilistic Ising machines (PIMs). From a hardware point of view, the key elements that characterize a PIM are the random number generation, the nonlinearity, the network of coupled pbits, and the energy minimization algorithm. Regarding the latter, in this work we show that PIMs using the simulated quantum annealing (SQA) schedule exhibit better performance as compared to simulated annealing and parallel tempering in solving a number of COPs, such as maximum satisfiability problems, planted Ising problem, and travelling salesman problem. Additionally, we design and simulate the architecture of a fully connected CMOS based PIM able to run the SQA algorithm having a spin-update time of 8 ns with a power consumption of 0.22 mW. Our results also show that SQA increases the reliability and the scalability of PIMs by compensating for device variability at an algorithmic level enabling the development of their implementation combining CMOS with different technologies such as spintronics. This work shows that the characteristics of the SQA are hardware agnostic and can be applied in the co-design of any hybrid analog digital Ising machine implementation. Our results open a promising direction for the implementation of a new generation of reliable and scalable PIMs.
title High-performance and reliable probabilistic Ising machine based on simulated quantum annealing
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13015