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- Xanadu Quantum Technologies' stock surged 17% following a multi-year partnership with GlobalFoundries to develop high-volume production capabilities for quantum computing. The deal leverages Xanadu's photonic expertise and GlobalFoundries' semiconductor manufacturing to industrialize advanced photonic components. This collaboration aims to accelerate the development of Xanadu's quantum computing systems and support its future fault-tolerant demonstrators, potentially paving the way for quantum data centers. GlobalFoundries stock also saw a modest increase.
Investing.com -- Xanadu Quantum Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: XNDU) shares rose 17% in Tuesday trade following the announcement of a strategic multi-year partnership with GlobalFoundries Inc (NASDAQ: GFS) to develop high-volume production capabilities for utility-scale quantum computing.
The partnership combines Xanadu's photonic design expertise with GlobalFoundries' semiconductor manufacturing capabilities to accelerate development of advanced photonic components, including ultra-low loss silicon nitride photonics and Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs), through GlobalFoundries' 300 mm production line in Malta, New York.
The initial focus centers on industrializing Xanadu's SNSPDs and its ultra-low-loss silicon nitride platform. SNSPDs serve as photon number resolving detectors, which are optical sensors that determine the number of photons in a single light pulse. The adoption of SNSPDs is expected to increase the speed of Xanadu's quantum computing systems and reduce chip overheads needed for utility-scale quantum computers.
The transfer of Xanadu's photonics technology to GlobalFoundries' 300 mm manufacturing line represents a shift from lab-scale prototyping to industrial-grade production. The companies are also exploring future work packages to develop high-performance quantum modules intended to increase the power of photonic quantum computing systems.
The collaboration is expected to serve as the manufacturing foundation for Xanadu's upcoming fault-tolerant demonstrators, supporting the company's objective of providing hardware architecture for future quantum data centers.
Xanadu develops photonic quantum computing technology, while GlobalFoundries operates as a semiconductor manufacturer. GlobalFoundries stock rose 1.4% amid the news.
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