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SkyWater's launch of a dedicated merchant foundry for quantum circuits marks a significant shift from lab-scale prototyping to scalable volume manufacturing for superconducting and photonic platforms. By offering standardized process nodes like SC250 and SP90, this move addresses the critical industry bottleneck of transitioning quantum hardware from research environments to commercial deployment. The strategic integration with IonQ's packaging capabilities further highlights the convergence of heterogeneous materials required for next-generation quantum systems.
SkyWater Launches Dedicated Quantum Solutions Merchant Foundry Division

SkyWater Technology has launched SkyWater Quantum Solutions, a new merchant foundry division focused on process development, chip integration, and manufacturing for quantum computing, networking, and sensing applications. The division offers two standardized process platforms, SC250 for superconducting circuits and SP90 for quantum photonic routing, and has already secured a joint development agreement with Qolab to fabricate its Quantum System-in-Package (QSiP) hardware. The post SkyWater Launches Dedicated Quantum Solutions Merchant Foundry Division appeared first on Quantum Computing Report.
Pure-play semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT) has launched SkyWater Quantum Solutions, a merchant foundry business unit dedicated to process…
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