Anderon Finalizes $1 Billion CHIPS Award for Quantum Wafer Manufacturing
THE SO WHAT
A $1 billion CHIPS Act award to Anderon for quantum wafer manufacturing is the US betting that control over quantum fabrication will matter as much as advanced CMOS nodes. Hardware startups in quantum and adjacent fields should assume domestic manufacturing and government alignment will increasingly shape who gets scale capital.
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