{"id":"2026-oct-tech-gf-xanadu-silicon-nitride-photonics-20261006","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-tech-gf-xanadu-silicon-nitride-photonics-20261006","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-tech-gf-xanadu-silicon-nitride-photonics-20261006","language":"en","title":"Xanadu and GF plan silicon nitride photonics production in New York","summary":"The multi-year partnership targets quantum components on GF’s 300mm Malta line; production is not yet reported.","body":["Xanadu Quantum Technologies and GlobalFoundries (GF) announced a multi-year partnership on 6 October 2026 to develop and manufacture photonic components for quantum computing. The joint announcement says the aim is to move Xanadu technology from laboratory prototypes into industrial production on GF’s 300mm manufacturing line in Malta, New York. This is a future manufacturing programme, not an announcement of current high-volume production.","Initial work targets ultra-low-loss silicon nitride photonics and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). Silicon nitride is an engineered photonic material used to guide light in optical circuits; the announcement gives no mined-silicon price or feedstock quantity. Xanadu describes the detectors as part of its approach to resolving photon numbers when reading the outputs of photonic quantum computations.","The companies intend the components to support future fault-tolerant demonstrators and quantum data-centre plans. They report no detector efficiency, manufacturing yield, unit cost, output volume or measured system-speed gain. Those benefits remain expectations, not observed results.","The practical milestone will be successful technology transfer and process development on GF’s line, followed by manufacturing qualification. Future work packages for quantum modules remain under exploration. Mubadala lists its investment in GF, establishing a link with an Abu Dhabi investor; the physical manufacturing work described is in New York."],"keyPoints":["The companies announced a multi-year partnership on 6 October 2026.","Initial work targets silicon nitride photonics and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors.","Technology transfer and industrial production on GF’s Malta line remain planned, not completed."],"sections":[],"text":"Xanadu and GF plan silicon nitride photonics production in New York\n\nThe multi-year partnership targets quantum components on GF’s 300mm Malta line; production is not yet reported.\n\nThe companies announced a multi-year partnership on 6 October 2026.\n\nInitial work targets silicon nitride photonics and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors.\n\nTechnology transfer and industrial production on GF’s Malta line remain planned, not completed.\n\nXanadu Quantum Technologies and GlobalFoundries (GF) announced a multi-year partnership on 6 October 2026 to develop and manufacture photonic components for quantum computing. The joint announcement says the aim is to move Xanadu technology from laboratory prototypes into industrial production on GF’s 300mm manufacturing line in Malta, New York. This is a future manufacturing programme, not an announcement of current high-volume production.\n\nInitial work targets ultra-low-loss silicon nitride photonics and superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). Silicon nitride is an engineered photonic material used to guide light in optical circuits; the announcement gives no mined-silicon price or feedstock quantity. Xanadu describes the detectors as part of its approach to resolving photon numbers when reading the outputs of photonic quantum computations.\n\nThe companies intend the components to support future fault-tolerant demonstrators and quantum data-centre plans. They report no detector efficiency, manufacturing yield, unit cost, output volume or measured system-speed gain. Those benefits remain expectations, not observed results.\n\nThe practical milestone will be successful technology transfer and process development on GF’s line, followed by manufacturing qualification. Future work packages for quantum modules remain under exploration. Mubadala lists its investment in GF, establishing a link with an Abu Dhabi investor; the physical manufacturing work described is in New York.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["semiconductors","chip-materials"],"eventDate":"2026-10-06","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T21:52:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-12T00:00:10Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-06","translatedAt":"2026-10-11T23:26:26Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/06/3375326/0/en/xanadu-and-globalfoundries-announce-strategic-partnership-to-accelerate-utility-scale-quantum-manufacturing.html","name":"Xanadu Quantum Technologies; GlobalFoundries, via GlobeNewswire","checkedAt":"2026-10-09","attribution":"Joint Xanadu and GlobalFoundries corporate announcement distributed by GlobeNewswire. 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