We present an industrial end-user perspective on the current state of quantum computing hardware for one specific technological approach, the neutral atom platform. Our aim is to assist developers in understanding the impact of the specific properties of these devices on the effectiveness of algorithm execution. Based on discussions with different vendors and recent literature, we discuss the performance data of the neutral atom platform. Specifically, we focus on the physical qubit architecture, which affects state preparation, qubit-to-qubit connectivity, gate fidelities, native gate instruction set, and individual qubit stability. These factors determine both the quantum-part execution time and the end-to-end wall clock time relevant for end-users, but also the ability to perform fault-tolerant quantum computation in the future. We end with an overview of which applications have been shown to be well suited for the peculiar properties of neutral atom-based quantum computers.

翻译：我们从工业终端用户视角出发，针对一种特定技术路径——中性原子平台——评估量子计算硬件的当前状态。旨在帮助开发人员理解此类设备的具体特性对算法执行效率的影响。基于与不同供应商的讨论及近期文献，我们分析了中性原子平台的性能数据，重点关注物理量子比特架构。该架构影响态制备、量子比特间连通性、门保真度、原生门指令集及单量子比特稳定性。这些因素不仅决定了终端用户关注的量子部分执行时间与端到端墙钟时间，还关乎未来实现容错量子计算的能力。最后，我们总结了已被证实适合中性原子量子计算机独特特性的应用场景。