SkyWater launches OnRamp program to move quantum hardware startups onto 200 mm foundry lines
SkyWater Technology has launched OnRamp, an open-access foundry initiative run through SkyWater Quantum Solutions to move early-stage quantum hardware startups from academic prototypes to commercial fabrication. The program offers direct engineering engagements to evaluate device stacks and define foundry-validated manufacturing roadmaps on 200 mm production lines, and founders do not have to surrender their underlying intellectual property. It pairs no-cost technical scoping with paid access to multi-project prototype wafer runs. SkyWater also disclosed initial characterization data for its SP90 silicon nitride platform, which spans 400 nm to over 2000 nm; loss was mapped at 493 nm, 650 nm and 1762 nm across 45 die locations per wafer, alongside a 25-wafer PVD film uniformity study.