SPINS

Introduction:

SPINS is a European research initiative co-funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking with a total budget of €50 million and a 36month duration starting 1 January 2026. Coordinated by IMEC, it brings together 25 European RTOs, academic groups, and industry stakeholders. This effort supports the EU Chips Act and aligns with broader European quantum roadmaps, including the Quantum Flagship’s Strategic Research Agenda. Within this portfolio, SPINS is the pilot line dedicated to semiconductorbased spin qubits, with a primary focus on delivering quantum chips for quantumcomputing applications. SPINS will lower barriers for startups, SMEs, and academia, foster a vibrant European quantum ecosystem and support the Chips for Europe Initiative. Key impacts include strengthening Europe’s leadership in quantum technology, enabling new business models and accelerating the industrialization of quantum computing.

Project description:

SPINS aims to industrialize semiconductor spinqubit quantum chips by connecting Europe’s leading pilotline infrastructures and partners into a coordinated, Europeopen pilot line. The line focuses on three platforms—SOI, Si/SiGe, and Ge/GeSi—and provides a clear labtofab route through standardized quantum Process Design Kits (PDKs) and MultiProject Wafer (MPW) runs to lower access barriers for startups, SMEs, and academia. This effort accelerates industrialization, strengthens European technological sovereignty, and builds a sustainable supply chain for quantumcomputing hardware. In parallel, SPINS harmonizes processes and metrology (including “quantum yield”), integrates cryoelectronics, and deploys highvolume characterization to enable fast, iterative productdevelopment loops with Europe’s quantum hardware ecosystem. Access will evolve via the project website and interfaces with EUROPRACTICE/EuroCDP toward a onestop entry to facilities, competencies, and knowhow, with open access foreseen in a later phase.