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Physical Register Reference Counting
Several recently proposed techniques including CPR (Checkpoint Processing and Recovery) and NoSQ (No Store Queue) rely on reference counting to manage physical registers. However, the register reference counting mechanism itself has received surprisingly little attention. This paper fills this gap by describing potential register reference counting schemes for NoSQ, CPR, and a hypothetical NoSQ/CPR hybrid. Although previously described in terms of binary counters, we find that reference counts are actually more naturally represented as matrices. Binary representations can be used as an optimization in specific situations
Quantum phase estimation algorithms with delays: effects of dynamical phases
The unavoidable finite time intervals between the sequential operations
needed for performing practical quantum computing can degrade the performance
of quantum computers. During these delays, unwanted relative dynamical phases
are produced due to the free evolution of the superposition wave-function of
the qubits. In general, these coherent "errors" modify the desired quantum
interferences and thus spoil the correct results, compared to the ideal
standard quantum computing that does not consider the effects of delays between
successive unitary operations. Here, we show that, in the framework of the
quantum phase estimation algorithm, these coherent phase "errors", produced by
the time delays between sequential operations, can be avoided by setting up the
delay times to satisfy certain matching conditions.Comment: 10 pages, no figur
Distributed intelligent robotics : research & development in fault-tolerant control and size/position identification : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Computer Systems Engineering at Massey University
This thesis presents research conducted on aspects of intelligent robotic systems. In the past two decades, robotics has become one of the most rapidly expanding and developing fields of science. Robotics can be considered as the science of using artificial intelligence in the physical world. Many areas of study exist in robotics. Among these, two fields that are of paramount importance in real world applications are fault tolerance, and sensory systems. Fault tolerance is necessary since a robot in the real world could encounter internal faults, and may also have to continue functioning under adverse conditions. Sensory mechanisms are essential since a robot will possess little intelligence if it does not have methods of acquiring information about its environment. Both these fields are researched in this thesis. In particular, emphasis is placed on distributed intelligent autonomous systems. Experiments and simulations have been conducted to investigate design for fault tolerance. A suitable platform was also chosen for an implementation of a visual system, as an example of a working sensory mechanism
Programmable coherent linear quantum operations with high-dimensional optical spatial modes
A simple and flexible scheme for high-dimensional linear quantum operations
on optical transverse spatial modes is demonstrated. The quantum Fourier
transformation (QFT) and quantum state tomography (QST) via symmetric
informationally complete positive operator-valued measures (SIC POVMs) are
implemented with dimensionality of 15. The matrix fidelity of QFT is 0.85,
while the statistical fidelity of SIC POVMs and fidelity of QST are ~0.97 and
up to 0.853, respectively. We believe that our device has the potential for
further exploration of high-dimensional spatial entanglement provided by
spontaneous parametric down conversion in nonlinear crystals
Counting digital filters
Several embodiments of a counting digital filter of the non-recursive type are disclosed. In each embodiment two registers, at least one of which is a shift register, are included. The shift register received j sub x-bit data input words bit by bit. The kth data word is represented by the integer
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