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-{
- "cells": [
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 355,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "from time import perf_counter\n",
-    "from qat.purr.backends.echo import get_default_echo_hardware\n",
-    "import gc \n",
-    "gc.disable()"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 356,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "num_qubits = 10\n",
-    "\n",
-    "def ghz_state(builder):\n",
-    "    num_qubits = len(builder.model.qubits)\n",
-    "    for i in range(num_qubits-1):\n",
-    "        builder.cnot(builder.model.get_qubit(i), builder.model.get_qubit(i + 1))\n",
-    "    for i in range(num_qubits):\n",
-    "        builder.measure(builder.model.get_qubit(i))\n",
-    "    return builder\n",
-    "    "
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "Old instructions"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 357,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stdout",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
-      "Serialization time: 0.14612181298434734\n",
-      "Deserialization time: 0.051338869001483545\n"
-     ]
-    }
-   ],
-   "source": [
-    "from qat.purr.compiler.builders import QuantumInstructionBuilder as LegacyQuantumInstructionBuilder\n",
-    "from qat.purr.compiler.emitter import InstructionEmitter as LegacyInstructionEmitter\n",
-    "import jsonpickle\n",
-    "from qat.purr.compiler.devices import (\n",
-    "    CyclicRefPickler,\n",
-    "    CyclicRefUnpickler\n",
-    ")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "model = get_default_echo_hardware(10)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "builder = model.create_builder()\n",
-    "builder = ghz_state(builder)\n",
-    "qatfile = LegacyInstructionEmitter().emit(builder.instructions, model)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "t_s_before = perf_counter()\n",
-    "with open(\"test.json\", \"w\") as f:\n",
-    "    blob = jsonpickle.encode(qatfile, indent=4, context=CyclicRefPickler())\n",
-    "    f.write(blob)\n",
-    "t_s_before = perf_counter() - t_s_before\n",
-    "print(f\"Serialization time: {t_s_before}\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "t_d_before = perf_counter()\n",
-    "with open(\"test.json\", \"r\") as f:\n",
-    "    qatfile = jsonpickle.decode(f.read(), context=CyclicRefUnpickler())\n",
-    "t_d_before = perf_counter() - t_d_before\n",
-    "print(f\"Deserialization time: {t_d_before}\")\n",
-    "\n"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "New instructions"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 358,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stdout",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
-      "Serialization time: 0.0029328979726415128\n",
-      "Deserialization time: 0.007109844998922199\n"
-     ]
-    }
-   ],
-   "source": [
-    "from qat.ir.builders import QuantumInstructionBuilder\n",
-    "from qat.ir.emitter import InstructionEmitter, QatFile\n",
-    "\n",
-    "model = get_default_echo_hardware(10)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "builder = QuantumInstructionBuilder(model)\n",
-    "builder = ghz_state(builder)\n",
-    "qatfile = InstructionEmitter().emit(builder.instructions, model)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "t_s_after = perf_counter()\n",
-    "with open(\"test2.json\", \"w\") as f:\n",
-    "    blob = qatfile.serialize()\n",
-    "    f.write(blob)\n",
-    "t_s_after = perf_counter() - t_s_after\n",
-    "print(f\"Serialization time: {t_s_after}\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "t_d_after = perf_counter()\n",
-    "with open(\"test2.json\", \"r\") as f:\n",
-    "    new_qatfile = QatFile.deserialize(f.read())\n",
-    "t_d_after = perf_counter() - t_d_after\n",
-    "print(f\"Deserialization time: {t_d_after}\")"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 359,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [
-    {
-     "name": "stdout",
-     "output_type": "stream",
-     "text": [
-      "Seralization improvement: 49.82164887677386\n",
-      "Deseralization improvement: 7.220814097813124\n"
-     ]
-    }
-   ],
-   "source": [
-    "print(f\"Seralization improvement: {t_s_before / t_s_after}\")\n",
-    "print(f\"Deseralization improvement: {t_d_before / t_d_after}\")"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "Check that the types of the new qat file are correct"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 360,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "for i, inst in enumerate(new_qatfile.timeline):\n",
-    "    assert type(inst.instruction) == type(qatfile.timeline[i].instruction)\n",
-    "for i, inst in enumerate(new_qatfile.meta_instructions.instructions):\n",
-    "    assert type(inst) == type(qatfile.meta_instructions.instructions[i])"
-   ]
-  }
- ],
- "metadata": {
-  "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "qat-compiler-ILvFCGSW-py3.10",
-   "language": "python",
-   "name": "python3"
-  },
-  "language_info": {
-   "codemirror_mode": {
-    "name": "ipython",
-    "version": 3
-   },
-   "file_extension": ".py",
-   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
-   "name": "python",
-   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
-   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.12"
-  }
- },
- "nbformat": 4,
- "nbformat_minor": 2
-}