GlobalFoundries wins $375M to build US quantum chip manufacturing
GlobalFoundries received a $375 million R&D award from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funding is intended to expand its Quantum Technology Solutions business and build out domestic quantum chip manufacturing capacity.
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What this could mean
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Within two years, this could give U.S. photonic quantum computing startups access to production-scale silicon photonics fabrication at GlobalFoundries, reducing their reliance on small research fabs.
GlobalFoundries already operates silicon photonics processes and has an existing quantum-photonics manufacturing relationship, so the award could fund the process qualification and capacity needed for repeatable qubit chip runs.
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