CSIC Inaugurates Spain’s Quantum Nanofabrication Area at IMB-CNM in Barcelona

quantumcomputingreport.com Sep 16, 2026

CSIC Inaugurates Spain’s Quantum Nanofabrication Area at IMB-CNM in Barcelona

Curated by Shubham · TechCapsules · Sep 16, 2026

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Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC) inaugurated the Quantum Nanofabrication Area inside the Micro and Nanofabrication Clean Room at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB‑CNM). The upgrade creates the country’s largest clean‑room platform for prototyping quantum devices, adding an EBPG 5150Plus electron‑beam lithography system, combined SEM/EBL instruments and an atomic‑force microscopy station. Funded with more than €6 million from the PERTE Chip programme and the Complementary Plan for Quantum Communications, the suite enables nanometer‑scale patterning and metrology for quantum processing units, photonic integrated circuits and quantum‑key‑distribution components. The expansion supports CSIC’s broader QuARC‑CSIC strategy, which unites 36 research groups across 21 institutes to advance quantum computing, communications, sensing and information theory. The facility will also offer ICTS clean‑room access to partners and startups.

💡 Why It Matters

· By providing a dedicated, EU‑funded fab line, Spain positions itself as a hardware hub in Europe’s race to commercial quantum technologies.

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