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Foundry & Process Partners

Foundry-native by
design — not by
marketing.

Tynana designs on commercially available foundry processes. We have completed two tapeouts in six weeks: an SiN photonic IC on AIM Photonics' PDK and a cryo-CMOS ASIC on GlobalFoundries 22nm FD-SOI (GF45SPCLO). Both processes are open to other quantum-hardware groups; we will gladly co-design with them.

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A clarification.   Tynana is not a foundry. We do not run wafers. We are a foundry-native design house — meaning every block we build is targeted at a real, commercially available process from day one. If you are looking for a co-design partner who already speaks the AIM Photonics SiN and GF 22FDX process design kits fluently, that is what this page is about.
Process Partners

The two processes our control stack is built on.

We picked these processes because they are mature, commercially supported, and well-characterized at the operating points our system needs. No exotic stack. No bespoke foundry deal. This matters: it means anyone who licenses these PDKs can replicate, audit, or extend what we are doing.

AIM Photonics
SiN PDK · 300mm wafer

AIM Photonics' silicon-nitride PDK in Albany, NY hosts our photonic distribution layer — fiber-to-chip couplers, passive AWG demuxes, and on-chip photodetector arrays that translate DWDM-encoded pulses back into electrical signals at 4K.

Material system
Si₃N₄ on SiO₂
Wavelength band
C-band (1530–1565 nm)
Tapeout status
First MPW: complete
Run cadence
Quarterly MPW shuttles
GlobalFoundries
22nm FD-SOI · GF45SPCLO

GF's 22FDX FD-SOI process at the GF45SPCLO node carries our cryo-CMOS ASIC — control logic, current-mode DACs, supply distribution, low-noise amplifiers, and ADC front-ends, all designed to run at deep cryogenic temperatures with bias points re-characterized for sub-4K operation.

Process node
22nm FD-SOI
Operating temperature
Characterized to ~4K
Tapeout status
First MPW: complete
IP set
Custom analog + std cells
What we offer collaborators

Three ways to work with us across the stack.

01 · Co-Design

PIC + ASIC co-design for your qubit modality

If you operate a quantum-hardware program — academic, commercial, or government — we will co-design a control module with you. You bring the qubit spec; we bring the photonic distribution and cryo-CMOS layer.

  • Channel count and timing spec scoping
  • Joint tapeout schedule on AIM Photonics + GF 22FDX
  • Cryo characterization handoff and bring-up support
02 · IP Reuse

Hand off Tynana IP into your own tapeout

For teams running their own ASIC or PIC programs, we license selected analog and digital IP blocks — pulse generators, DWDM receivers, feedback DSP — into your design with engineering support to integrate.

  • Hardened IP blocks (PDK-aware netlists)
  • Verification deliverables and regression suites
  • Engineering hours bundled with the license
03 · Evaluation Module

A pre-integrated module to drop into your fridge

For groups who want the whole system without designing it themselves: an 8-channel hybrid bonded module sitting on the cold plate, talking DWDM upstream to a host FPGA you provide.

  • 8 RF channels, factory-calibrated
  • Host FPGA reference design + drivers
  • Limited evaluation units in 2027 (target)
Where Tynana sits in the chain

Design house, not foundry.

Tynana owns the design IP — schematics, layouts, firmware, packaging spec — and works directly with foundry partners and OSAT partners to fabricate, bond, and test. You can think of us as the team that turns a co-design conversation into a working module on the cold plate.

  • We design: photonic IC, cryo-CMOS ASIC, packaging, host FPGA reference
  • We don't design: qubit chips, dilution refrigerators, host computers
  • Foundry partners run: AIM Photonics (PIC), GF (ASIC)
  • OSAT partners run: µbump bonding, packaging, fiber attach
FPGA host board
300K · room temperature · customer-supplied or reference design
Customer / Tynana ref
Single-mode fiber link
DWDM, 8λ across the C-band
Off-the-shelf
TYN-P photonic IC
AIM Photonics SiN PDK · ~4K
Tynana design
µbump bonded interface
PIC ↔ ASIC at the package
OSAT partner
TYN-E cryo-CMOS ASIC
GF 22nm FD-SOI · GF45SPCLO · ≤4K
Tynana design
Qubit plane
10–20 mK · customer's modality
Customer
Engage

How a partnership starts.

For most groups, the first step is a one-hour scoping call where we trade the basics: your qubit modality and channel needs, our process specs and what we have already taped out. From there, we converge on one of the three modes.

Mode A · Letter of intent

Joint scoping memo, no IP exchange yet

Two weeks. Goal: a one-page joint memo on what we would build together and the rough timeline.

Mode B · NDA + paid scoping

Detailed channel-and-timing study

4–8 weeks. NDA, mutual IP disclosure, paid engineering hours; deliverable is an engineering scope-of-work for the joint tapeout.

Mode C · Co-design contract

Joint tapeout against a shared PDK

9–18 month engagement, milestones tied to MPW shuttles, packaged module delivered into customer's fridge.

Honest pre-launch note

Tynana has completed two MPW tapeouts. We do not have shipped evaluation units, signed customer contracts, or a backlog. Anything described above as a "module" or "license" is a real engineering offering but a forthcoming product. We will say so on this page when that changes.