IonQ to Aacquire SkyWater Technology for $1.8bn.

IonQ, a quantum company, agreed to acquire SkyWater Technology, a pure-play semiconductor foundry, for $1.8bn. “This transformational acquisition enables IonQ to materially accelerate its quantum computing roadmap and secure its fully scalable supply chain domestically. With secure, U.S.-based design, packaging and chip fabrication – IonQ will benefit from vertical integration across our increasingly interlinked quantum computing, quantum networking, quantum security, and quantum sensing applications for land, sea, air, and space,” Niccolo de Masi, IonQ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.