SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACTORING NUMBERS

Patent №

US 7,844,656

Granted

2010-11-30

Filed 2006

Owner

D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.

Lab

AI components

2

ml · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11484368

Systems, methods and apparatus for factoring numbers are provided. The factoring may be accomplished by creating a factor graph, mapping the factor graph onto an analog processor, initializing the analog processor to an initial state, evolving the analog processor to a final state, and receiving an output from the analog processor, the output comprising a set of factors of the number.

Machine learningAI hardwareH04L 9/0852B82Y 10/00G06N 10/60H04L 2209/12

AI classification

AI hardware0.99
Machine learning0.83
Evolutionary computation0.25
Knowledge representation0.06
Natural language0.01
Speech0.00
Vision0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.

assignment · 183410312

Assignors

MACREADY, WILLIAM G., KUAN, JOHNNY JONE WAI

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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