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By Asma Adhimi
IBM and the US Department of Commerce have unveiled plans for what they say will be America’s first purpose-built quantum chip foundry, backed by a proposed $1bn award under the CHIPS Act. The initiative aims to strengthen domestic quantum manufacturing and accelerate production of advanced quantum wafers for a growing ecosystem of hardware developers.
The new standalone company, called Anderon, will be headquartered in Albany, New York, and is expected to operate a 300mm quantum wafer fab focused initially on superconducting qubit technologies. IBM will match the proposed federal support with another $1bn in cash, while also contributing intellectual property, manufacturing assets, and specialist staff.
For eeNews Europe readers, the announcement highlights how governments and major semiconductor players are beginning to treat quantum hardware manufacturing as a strategic industry alongside AI and advanced packaging. It also signals growing demand for scalable wafer-level quantum production processes, an area likely to create opportunities across materials, cryogenics, packaging, test, and semiconductor equipment supply chains.
Unlike IBM’s existing quantum computing operations, Anderon is positioned as a “pure-play” foundry that will manufacture wafers for multiple quantum hardware vendors. The company plans to support fabrication of superconducting qubit wafers and associated electronics before expanding into additional quantum computing modalities.
IBM said the facility will offer advanced processes including superconducting wiring, through-silicon vias, and bump technologies, supported by process design kits and in-line wafer testing capabilities designed to speed iteration and scalability.
“With today’s CHIPS Research and Development investments in quantum computing, the Trump administration is leading the world into a new era of American innovation,” said Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. “These strategic quantum technology investments will build on our domestic industry, creating thousands of high-paying American jobs while advancing American quantum capabilities.”
The move comes as competition intensifies globally around quantum computing infrastructure and manufacturing capacity. IBM said the foundry initiative is intended to secure long-term US leadership in the sector while helping create a domestic supply chain for quantum wafers.
“IBM has pioneered quantum computing for decades. Our work in silicon wafer fabrication has been a key to IBM’s success and will be critical to enable a broader quantum technology landscape that will reshape global innovation and economic competitiveness,” said Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM. “With the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Anderon will be well-positioned to fuel America’s fast-growing quantum technology industry.”
IBM says it has already deployed more than 90 quantum systems worldwide and works with more than 325 companies, universities, and government organisations using its quantum platforms. The company is also targeting delivery of a large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029.
The proposed foundry project remains subject to final negotiations and execution of formal agreements between IBM and the Department of Commerce.
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