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IBM Spins Off Anderon as First Dedicated Quantum Chip Foundry

IBM Spins Off Anderon as First Dedicated Quantum Chip Foundry

IBM's Anderon foundry receives the largest share of a $2B CHIPS quantum allocation focused on 300mm superconducting silicon production.

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A $2 billion CHIPS Act package establishes Anderon, IBM's 300mm superconducting silicon quantum foundry in Albany, New York, on May 21, 2026. The Department of Commerce provides $1 billion in incentives while IBM contributes $1 billion in cash plus IP and assets, with the government taking minority equity stakes across nine recipients. Additional awards include $375 million to GlobalFoundries and $100 million each to D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion, Atom Computing, PsiQuantum, and Quantinuum, plus $38 million to Diraq. Anderon will initially produce superconducting qubit and control electronics wafers on 300mm lines, with later expansion to other modalities. Arvind Krishna stated the facility mirrors the scale-up path of AI chips a decade earlier and could generate billions in annual sales by the mid-2030s. The structure follows precedents set in CHIPS awards to Intel and MP Materials.

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AXIOM: 300mm superconducting lines at Anderon will reach volume production of fault-tolerant qubit wafers ahead of competing modalities by 2030.

Sources (3)

  • [1]
    Primary Source(https://futurumgroup.com/insights/2-billion-chips-act-investment-in-quantum-bets-on-ibms-300mm-superconducting-silicon/)
  • [2]
    Related Source(https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346)
  • [3]
    Related Source(https://www.ibm.com/quantum)