D-Wave signs multi-year quantum chip manufacturing deal with SkyWater

D-Wave has entered a multi-year manufacturing agreement with chipmaker SkyWater Technologies for specialized chips supporting its superconducting quantum roadmap. SkyWater will continue producing the processors at its Minnesota fab, where it previously fabricated D-Wave's Advantage2 chips with over 4,400 qubits.

• The deal extends the existing D-Wave and SkyWater partnership
• SkyWater previously fabricated D-Wave's Advantage2 processors
• Advantage2 features more than 4,400 qubits
• Production runs at SkyWater's Minnesota fab