SUPREME consortium secures €25M in EU funding, bringing total funding to €50M
As a partner of the SUPREME consortium, Silent Waves was delighted to learn last week that the EU approved €25M of funding for the 23-member consortium. Matched by national governments, this brings SUPREME’s total funding to €50M.
Within this consortium, Silent Waves’ signature TWPA technology plays a critical role in scaling superconducting computers, significantly improving the fidelity of qubit readout. Operating at extreme cryogenic temperatures (10mK), our compact quantum amplifiers make the readout process faster and more accurate. With a growing customer portfolio, SUPREME will help us go faster and deliver even more impactful solutions to our customers.
CEO of Silent Waves, Luca Planat, commented: “This funding is a major nod from the EU that quantum computing remains a critical technology for the future of Europe. We are joined in this consortium by some of the most excellent quantum companies and institutions around Europe. This will be a significant step forward towards reaching a commercial quantum computer, and we are pleased to be part of building that solution.”
This press release was originally issued by VTT, coordinator of the SUPREME consortium - ACCESS IT HERE
EU selects SUPREME consortium to develop the union’s superconducting technology for wider industrialization
Press release, 2 February 2026
The European Union has granted EUR 25 million to the SUPREME consortium, marking a significant milestone in industrialisation of superconducting quantum technologies across Europe. Together with national funding from the member states, the total funding adds up to 50 million Euros. Key objectives of the initiative include developing stable superconducting technology and giving access to it for both industry and academia. The first phase will commence in early 2026 and span three and a half years, bringing together 23 partners from eight Member States.
SUPREME is launched with the mission to industrialise superconducting quantum technologies and strengthen Europe’s position as a global leader in quantum innovation. The aim is to develop scalable and stable fabrication processes for superconducting quantum devices and make them accessible to European SME’s, large enterprises, startups and academia.
The project has a total budget of approximately EUR 50 million, with funding provided equally by the EU Chips Joint Undertaking and national funding agencies. The funding has been approved to cover the first phase of the initiative, spanning 3,5 years.
“This initiative has been set to strengthen the European quantum ecosystem. We will make sure that the innovations developed through SUPREME can be widely adopted by businesses across Europe, ultimately delivering significant market impact. To support this, we will execute on an ambitious roadmap, which will guide and accelerate the industrialisation of superconducting quantum technologies”, says Pekka Pursula, Vice President for Microelectronics and Quantum Technology at VTT and coordinator of the SUPREME consortium.
The key objective is the development of stable technologies and giving access to them for industry and academia. A significant milestone will be fabrication and demonstration of a 3D-integrated qubit module containing 200 qubits. This will showcase the improved stability, higher yield and improved reproducibility of the key fabrication processes for superconducting quantum chips.
SUPREME focuses on developing and validating key quantum processes, including angle-evaporated junctions, etched junctions, 3D integration and hybrid processes for applications in quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum communication. The aim is to reach technology readiness level TRL 6 and manufacturing readiness level MRL 6.
Enabling European industry growth and innovation
To maximise impact, SUPREME will make its fabrication processes available for companies by offering piloting services. Access to the technologies will be given through Process Design Kits (PDKs) and pilot runs to enable companies to design and develop their own quantum devices and systems.
Shared fabrication runs are particularly beneficial for early-stage companies, allowing sharing the cost of full wafer fabrication run between many users. Process design kits (PDKs) provide design rules and validated process specifications.
SUPREME is committed to strengthen Europe’s position in quantum technology by building the basis for European technology sovereignty for superconducting quantum technologies. It significantly contributes to goals of the European Quantum and the European Chips Act.
Consortium partners
The consortium combines European expertise in superconducting technology from academia, RTO’s, industrial technology developers and end-users.
The consortium involves the following 23 partners from eight EU Member States:
• Research organisations and academia: VTT, coordinator (Finland); TNO (Netherlands); Delft University of Technology (Netherlands); Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften (Germany); Fraunhofer Gesellschaft für Angewandte Forschung e.V. (Germany); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Germany); Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology e.V. (Germany); The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission - CEA (France); University of Naples Federico II (Italy); Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy); Institut de Física d’Altes Energies - IFAE (Spain); Silicon Austria Labs (Austria)
• Large enterprises: Infineon Technologies AG (Germany); IQM Finland Oy (Finland)
• Small and medium enterprises: Arctic Instruments Oy (Finland); Alice & Bob (France); QuantWare BV (Netherlands); Single Quantum BV (Netherlands); QphoX BV (Netherlands); Peak Quantum GmbH (Germany); Silent Waves (France); Amires, The Business Innovation Management Institute (Czech Republic); Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech S.L. (Spain)
Additional information:
VTT Pekka Pursula
Vice President, Microelectronics and Quantum Technology and SUPREME consortium coordinator
tel. +358 407384986
About Silent Waves
Silent Waves develops and manufactures ultra-low-noise superconducting amplifiers based on Josephson junctions and traveling-wave architectures. Its traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are primarily used for high-fidelity cryogenic qubit readout in superconducting quantum computers. Compact, reliable, and highly efficient, these amplifiers are a critical building block for scaling quantum computers to millions of qubits. Founded in 2022 in Grenoble, France, Silent Waves serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia.
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