Dr. Christian Weedbrook reports

XANADU AND EV GROUP PARTNER TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PHOTONIC QUANTUM HARDWARE

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Ltd. and EV Group, a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, have entered a strategic partnership to develop critical heterogeneous integration and wafer bonding processes to facilitate the scalability of photonic quantum systems. Throughout this partnership, Xanadu and EVG expect to utilize EVG's industrial manufacturing tools to fabricate the specialized chips used in Xanadu's photonic quantum computers, with the goal of accelerating the progression of quantum computing chip manufacturing from the lab to high-volume production.

As the semiconductor and photonics industries evolve, heterogeneous integration has emerged as a high-growth frontier. It allows for the seamless combination of multiple functional materials and platforms -- such as silicon, lithium niobate and III-V semiconductors -- onto a single, unified chip. EVG's industry-leading bonding expertise helps Xanadu engineer the high-precision and ultraclean interfaces required to bring together the photonic chip material stack across different platforms. This process is integral to Xanadu's mission of building a quantum data centre that is both manufacturable and scalable.

"Heterogeneous integration is the key to unlocking the next generation of photonic performance," said Dr. Christian Weedbrook, founder and chief executive officer of Xanadu. "Working with EV Group allows us to push the boundaries of what's possible on-chip, bringing us ever closer to a useful, large-scale quantum data centre."

"This partnership is a clear demonstration of how established semiconductor technologies can accelerate next-generation high performance computing, and quantum is the next frontier," said Paul Lindner, executive technology director at EVG. "We are proud to support Xanadu by providing the high-precision bonding and interface engineering solutions required to unite and scale complex photonic platforms. This collaboration demonstrates how our advanced integration technologies are paving the way for the quantum computing era."

This collaboration is working toward a shift from demonstrator systems to industrial-scale quantum hardware. By leveraging EVG's advanced bonding solutions, Xanadu is streamlining the transition of complex photonic circuits from specialized labs to standard semiconductor foundries, accelerating the timeline for a commercially viable, fault-tolerant quantum computer.

About Xanadu Quantum Technologies Ltd.

Xanadu is a Canadian quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Founded in 2016, Xanadu has become one of the world's leading quantum hardware and software companies. The company also leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development.

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