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Chips JU and Pasqal Launch €50M ($57.2M USD) Q-PLANET Pilot Line to Industrialize ...
The EU's Chips Joint Undertaking and Pasqal have launched Q-PLANET, a €50M pilot line to standardize manufacturing of neutral atom quantum chips across 28 European research and industrial partners. The initiative will develop open Process Design Kits (PDKs) and Assembly Design Kits (ADKs) for laser-on-chip systems, atom chips, and microfabricated vapor cells, reducing market entry barriers for startups and SMEs.
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The Wire takeaway
If you build quantum components—lasers, atom chips, vapor cells—you now have a validated, publicly-funded path to European foundry access without custom cleanroom engineering. The PDKs and ADKs mean your design goes straight into production instead of years of custom integration with Pasqal or others.
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Topics: Quantum Computing · Semiconductors · quantum-computing · semiconductor-manufacturing · open-design-kits · supply-chain-resilience · neutral-atom-qubits