(EENews, January 27) onQ is making a big bet on vertical integration in quantum computing. The US-based quantum specialist has agreed to acquire SkyWater Technology in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.8bn, creating what the companies say will be the only fully vertically integrated, full-stack quantum platform company.The move brings together IonQ’s trapped-ion quantum technology with SkyWater’s US-based semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, and advanced R&D capa