US Government Backs D-Wave Quantum With 100 Million CHIPS Act Funding - Koran Manado

The US government has announced $100 million in funding support for quantum computing company D-Wave through the CHIPS Act, highlighting Washington's strategic focus on quantum technology development.... Read original →

The U.S. CHIPS Act’s $100M allocation to D-Wave isn’t just quantum support—it’s a strategic move to anchor hybrid classical-quantum computing infrastructure. Technically, D-Wave’s reliance on TSMC’s 3nm EUV for control chips intensifies competition for advanced-node capacity, pressuring NVIDIA and others to pre-reserve foundry slots. Compliance-wise, recipients may face mandates to localize critical fabrication in the U.S., raising R&D costs and constraining supply chain flexibility—especially regarding Taiwan, China. In response, IBM and Google will likely accelerate superconducting quantum commercialization, while Chinese firms double down on cryogenic CMOS and packaging autonomy. Within 18 months, expect accelerated integration of quantum processors into HPC environments, cementing U.S. computational sovereignty in finance and materials science—and triggering fragmentation in global quantum hardware standards.