QpiAI opens ‘Asia’s largest’ quantum chip foundry, targets 10,000-qubit processors

Quantum computing startup QpiAI on Monday inaugurated an eight-inch quantum processing unit manufacturing facility at Jakkur in Bengaluru. The company said the second phase of the facility, described as a quantum foundry, has been completed. It can fabricate flip-chip superconducting processors with up to 128 qubits.

A third phase, scheduled for completion in 2027, is expected to give the foundry the capacity to fabricate a QPU containing as many as 10,000 physical qubits, according to the company.

In a conversation with YourStory, Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder and CEO, QpiAI, said the company would undertake the entire device manufacturing process, including lithography, etching, patterning, assembly, and packaging at the Bengaluru facility.

“We are doing everything here,” Nagaraja said.

According to him, conventional semiconductor foundries are not equipped to manufacture all the specialised devices required for quantum computers. This made it necessary for QpiAI to build manufacturing capabilities alongside designing its processors.

“Quantum computing today is being held back because there is not enough innovation in manufacturing,” he added.

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