Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu Deepen Silicon Photonics Collaboration with Custom Material Stack
Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu expanded their collaboration to co-develop a high-volume silicon photonics platform for fault-tolerant quantum computers. They co-engineered a custom material stack and validated designs with multiple joint tapeouts to optimize ultra-low loss silicon nitride and integrated photodiodes for manufacturable commercial photonic quantum hardware.
1. Expanded Collaboration
Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu are broadening their partnership to accelerate photonic quantum hardware innovation, leveraging Tower’s high-volume silicon photonics platform to support fault-tolerant quantum computing applications and advance commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities.
2. Custom Material Stack Development
The partners co-engineered a unique production flow for Xanadu’s specialized material stack, ensuring compatibility with large-scale quantum architectures and enabling seamless integration of photonic circuits within Tower’s established manufacturing processes.
3. Component Optimization
Current efforts focus on validating designs through multiple joint tapeouts and refining ultra-low loss silicon nitride and integrated photodiode components, positioning the collaboration to meet stringent performance and scalability requirements for next-generation quantum systems.