With EU Backing, QuantumDiamonds Aims to Speed up Chip Manufacturing
The startup said its quantum sensing system can cut chip defect checks from weeks to two minutes and enable in-fab quality control.
- Munich-based semiconductor startup QuantumDiamonds secured €76 million in non-dilutive funding from the European Commission, Germany, and Bavaria, alongside a €15 million equity round led by World Fund.
- A spinout from the Technical University of Munich, the company uses quantum sensing to compress defect detection from weeks into a two-minute inspection that doesn't stop production lines.
- CEO Kevin Berghoff plans to double the engineering team in Munich over 12 months after completing commercial deployments in Taiwan and at Eurofins EAG Laboratories in Sunnyvale, California.
- QuantumDiamonds aims to enable 100% quality control in fabrication facilities with a high-throughput system costing significantly less than the $400 million machines used by competitors like ASML.
- While large "100 billion market-capped U.S.-based inspection companies" will likely adapt, Berghoff believes QuantumDiamonds holds a first-mover advantage in operational quantum sensing for the semiconductor industry.
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The race to produce more chips is accelerating, and Europe is entering the fray. ASML, the Dutch company that virtually monopolizes the manufacture of machines used in chip production, may not remain an isolated success story for much longer. Thanks to EU support, QuantumDiamonds is seeking to accelerate chip manufacturing. Like its American counterpart, the European Chip Act aims to boost the semiconductor industry – partly through government s…
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In the manufacture of chips, inspecting a wafer can take several weeks. QuantumDiamonds claims to do so in two minutes with quantum sensors. Brussels puts 76 million euros on the idea.
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