IBM spins off America's first quantum chip foundry with $2 billion in federal and private funding — newly-minted 'Anderon' foundry to offer 300mm quantum wafer fab and manufacturing services
Headquartered in Albany, New York, Anderon will operate a 300mm quantum wafer fab and offer its manufacturing services to competing quantum hardware vendors.
The US is aggressively pursuing domestic advanced manufacturing capabilities and securing its position in emerging compute paradigms like quantum computing, driven by geopolitical competition and perceived vulnerabilities.
This establishes a critical domestic supply chain for quantum hardware, reducing reliance on potentially hostile or unstable regions and accelerating quantum technology development.
The US now has a dedicated, federally and privately funded quantum chip foundry, enabling domestic manufacturing and fostering competition among quantum hardware developers.
- · US quantum hardware vendors
- · IBM
- · US government
- · New York State economy
- · Foreign quantum hardware foundries
- · Nations without domestic quantum fab capabilities
Anderon foundry will begin producing quantum wafers, supporting multiple quantum hardware architectures.
Increased domestic competition could accelerate innovation and drive down costs for quantum computing components.
The establishment of a secure quantum supply chain could encourage more sensitive applications to be developed on quantum platforms within the US.
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