July 07, 2025 – The Rydberg platform has shown to be a promising candidate for scalable quantum computing. Features such as a dynamically reconfigurable qubit connectivity and multi-qubit gates provide new opportunities. For analyzing the functionality of Rydberg setups and evaluating their suitability for applications, quantitative benchmarks have to be established.

Thus, QUANTUM LÄND are very happy to announce that their benchmarking consortium BeRyQC is now funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Coordinated by Prof. Hans Peter Büchler from the University of Stuttgart, the consortium brings together experts from different universities. Associated partners from industry support us in developing benchmarks relevant to practical applications. A major focus will be on benchmarks that probe non-trivial functionality of quantum computers, which is essential for delivering quantum advantage. For example, the amount of quantum entanglement and the scaling of the entanglement with the system size are crucial measures.

The overarching goal of the consortium is to establish a standard for benchmarking the Rydberg platform. Their results will help users to find suitable Rydberg platforms for their applications, and help developers of quantum computers to prioritize features important to applications.