# Quantum chip makers face foundry KPI conflicts with semiconductor fabs

> Original title: Every solid-state quantum pitch deck claims manufacturing is solved because it uses standard CMOS foundries.

- Source: X search: AI startup funding (we raised, seed, Series A)
- Published: 2026-11-02T22:35:02.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/yx0rlqqrbh0daovse0s2ztjaq
- Original: https://x.com/amarchenkova/status/2117385021887791428

## Summary

A panel at the GQIG Quantum Infra Summit EU 2026 in Leuven featured Infineon's Richard Kuncic, saying quantum work supports none of the KPIs fab managers track, such as throughput and cost per wafer. Quantum processes need custom materials like niobium, tantalum, and aluminum, which classical CMOS lines restrict to avoid contamination. The article argues that fabs' frozen process recipes and PDKs clash with quantum startups' experimental flows.

## Post

Every solid-state quantum pitch deck claims manufacturing is solved because it uses standard CMOS foundries.

Then you listen to the people who run those fabs talk about their KPIs 😅

I talk about wafer economics, cryo testing, PDKs, and 35+ fabs 👀 https://x.com/i/article/2117306172651024384