“This transformational acquisition enables IonQ to materially accelerate its quantum computing roadmap and secure its fully scalable supply chain domestically,” says IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi, “with secure, U.S.-based design, packaging and chip fabrication – IonQ will benefit from vertical integration across our increasingly interlinked quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum security, and quantum sensing applications for land, sea, air, and space.”
The combination of IonQ and SkyWater will create the first of its kind, vertically integrated quantum platform company. IonQ’s proprietary technology and architecture, combined with SkyWater’s R&D and manufacturing capabilities and differentiated development services, will create a full quantum ecosystem.
Skywater will become a subsidiary of IonQ ensuring the continued delivery of wafers and packaging services as well as atomic clocks and quantum interconnects to all SkyWater customers.
The, combined company is expected to pull forward functional testing of IonQ’s 200,000 qubit QPUs in 2028 enabling over 8,000 ultra-high fidelity logical qubits.
