IonQ to acquire SkyWater Technology...

(EENews, January 27) onQ is making a big bet on vertical integration in quantum computing. The US-based quantumspecialist 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 capabilities. For IonQ, it is a way to speed up its roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum computers while locking down a domestic and trusted supply chain (See link for details).

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