Xanadu and GlobalFoundries Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Utility-Scale Quantum Manufacturing
The partnership aims to scale silicon nitride photonics and single-photon detectors for utility-scale quantum computing, with management citing future quantum data centers.
- Xanadu and GlobalFoundries announced a multi-year partnership to manufacture quantum photonics components, targeting high-volume production for utility-scale quantum computing applications.
- The companies will develop advanced photonic components, specifically ultra-low loss SiN photonics and Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors , to address emerging quantum computing demands.
- Manufacturing will take place on a 300 mm commercial semiconductor manufacturing line in Malta, New York, serving as the foundation for fault-tolerant demonstrators and future quantum data centers.
- Integrating SNSPDs and SiN photonics offers performance benefits including increased speed and overhead reduction as the partnership focuses on transferring complex processes to GlobalFoundries' manufacturing lines.
- While Xanadu expects benefits, it notes that forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, including technical challenges and manufacturing milestones that could cause results to differ materially.
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Xanadu and GlobalFoundries Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Utility-Scale Quantum Manufacturing
TORONTO, Oct. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited ("Xanadu"; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, today announced a strategic multi-year partnership with GlobalFoundries (GF), a leading semiconductor manufacturer, to address the high-volume production required for…
Xanadu Partners with GlobalFoundries to Scale Photonic Quantum Component Manufacturing on 300 mm Semiconductor Lines
Xanadu and GlobalFoundries have partnered to mass-produce photonic quantum computing components. This collaboration will transition Xanadu's designs for ultra-low loss Silicon Nitride optical circuits and Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs) to GlobalFoundries' 300 mm commercial semiconductor fabrication facility. This aims to scale up the manufacturing of these components for fault-tolerant quantum computers and future quan…
Xanadu (XNDU) Stock: Jumps 11% on GlobalFoundries Quantum Deal
TLDR XNDU stock jumps 11.28% after Xanadu unveils a GlobalFoundries partnership. GlobalFoundries will support Xanadu’s 300 mm photonic component production. The deal targets silicon nitride photonics and advanced photon detector production. Xanadu aims to shift quantum hardware from lab testing toward industrial production. The partnership supports future fault-tolerant systems and quantum data centers. Xanadu Quantum [...]
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