SkyWater, D-Wave Extend 10-Year Quantum Chip Partnership Under Multi-Year Deal
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Oct 13
SkyWater, D-Wave Extend 10-Year Quantum Chip Partnership Under Multi-Year Deal
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Oct 13
Summary
A new multi-year agreement keeps D-Wave’s quantum chip manufacturing at SkyWater’s Minnesota facility, extending a semiconductor partnership that has already lasted more than a decade.
The deal is aimed at future generations of D-Wave’s superconducting quantum systems, with SkyWater continuing specialized process development and fabrication that differ from conventional chipmaking.
It also includes intellectual property protections for D-Wave as it advances its hardware roadmap, while preserving access to manufacturing capabilities tied to its quantum annealing platform.
Advantage2 processors were among the technologies built through the partnership, and a SkyWater-manufactured Advantage2 system underpinned 2025 Science research showing an edge over classical methods on one simulation problem.
For SkyWater, the extension also reinforces its push to broaden foundry services for the wider quantum computing industry.