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This multi-year extension solidifies SkyWater Technology's role as a critical merchant foundry for D-Wave's dual-platform roadmap, covering both annealing and gate-model architectures. The partnership also demonstrates practical value by using D-Wave's own quantum algorithms to optimize the foundry's internal operations, reducing maintenance delays significantly.
SkyWater and D-Wave Extend Quantum Manufacturing Partnership Through Multi-Year Agreement

D-Wave Quantum Inc. and SkyWater Technology have extended their quantum manufacturing partnership through a multi-year agreement. This collaboration ensures SkyWater's continued support for D-Wave's quantum hardware development, including the production of its Advantage2 processors and future quantum annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Additionally, D-Wave's quantum annealing algorithms have been applied to optimize SkyWater's operational workflows, reducing fab maintenance lot delays by up to 30%. The post SkyWater and D-Wave Extend Quantum Manufacturing Partnership Through Multi-Year Agreement appeared first on Quantum Computing Report.
Commercial quantum computing provider D-Wave Quantum Inc. (Nasdaq: QBTS) and semiconductor foundry operator SkyWater Technology have signed a multi-year agreement extending their decade-long quantum hardware development and…
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