Quantum Diamonds presents new device for optimizing chip production


Last week, Quantum Diamonds hosted the official launch of its new device. The start-up from the Munich Quantum Valley ecosystem presented its new, high-resolution quantum microscope to an invited audience of investors and supporters from industry and academia at its facilities in Werk 1 of Munich's Werksviertel.

The machine presented - "QD m.0" - is the world's first commercially available quantum device designed for semiconductor failure analysis. To analyze defects, Quantum Diamonds uses its atom-sized quantum sensors. Thanks to magnetic imaging, (quantum) computer chips can be characterized and analysed in 3D non-destructively and with minimal sample preparation. Errors in the increasingly complex chip architectures are thus precisely identified – the start-up promises the elimination of costly test methods and a more efficient production flow.

After a speech by Digital Minister Dr. Fabian Mehring and the official product presentation, a panel discussed Europe‘s role in semiconductor manufacturing. Finally, the guests were able to visit the start-up's laboratories.