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D-Wave Quantum Inc. said its subsidiary Quantum Circuits, LLC received second-year funding through the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub for a project focused on improving superconducting qubit materials and scalable fabrication methods.
The SQFab project is one of four quantum-related programs collectively awarded more than $25 million in follow-on funding through the U.S. Microelectronics Commons initiative after meeting first-year technical milestones in quantum component design, fabrication, and testing.
The effort aims to support scalable quantum error correction and strengthen domestic microelectronics manufacturing by advancing superconducting qubit packaging, testing, nanofabrication, and supply chain capabilities tied to national security and semiconductor research.
PRESS RELEASE — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced that it has been awarded second year funding for the Improved Materials for Superconducting Qubits with Scalable Fabrication (SQFab) project by the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH).
