Princeton to Lead $27.9M NSF Institute for Quantum Processor Manufacturing
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NSF putting $27.9M behind a Princeton-led Quantum Leap Challenge Institute is a bet that fabrication — not algorithms — is the current bottleneck for quantum computing. Hardware and materials talent around Princeton, not just the big cloud vendors, is where early ecosystem partnerships and scouting now make sense.
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