Xanadu and AMD launch Backline platform for quantum-classical integration. September 10, 2026 Press play to listen to this content TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2026 - Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited, a leading photonic quantum computing company, in collaboration with AMD today announced the release of Backline, an open-platform solution, co-designed by Xanadu and AMD, for rapid communications between quantum and classical computing hardware. Backline is built using Xanadu's open-source PennyLane software platform to solve one of quantum technology's most pressing challenges: how to establish ultra-low-latency communication between classical processors and quantum hardware. Today, quantum devices cannot operate in isolation. To operate effectively, quantum computers are expected to rely on classical hardware, such as GPUs, CPUs, and FPGAs, to shuttle massive streams of data back and forth between components within microseconds. While this ultra-fast, real-time communication is essential for applications such as quantum error correction (QEC), optical network routing, and high-speed sensing, establishing these links has historically limited developer agility by forcing teams into rigid, low-level software frameworks and vendor-locked classical hardware. Backline reframes the quantum-classical boundary as a heterogeneous computing problem, treating a quantum processor as one more node in a high-performance distributed network. The solution seeks to provide researchers and hardware developers low-level hardware control directly through PennyLane's high-level Python interface. This opens a new design space for hybrid classical/quantum systems, enabling teams to execute ultra-low-latency communication loops between classical and quantum hardware without compromising developer agility or risking vendor lock-in. Key highlights of Backline include: * Sub-3 Microsecond Latency: Achieves end-to-end classical-quantum loop times under 3 microseconds[1], delivering ultra-fast data links to support quantum error correction, real-time network signal processing, and high-speed sensing. * CPU-Friendly Infrastructure: Demonstrates that standard processors, such as AMD EPYC or Threadripper CPUs, can handle low-latency demands out of the box. Teams can deploy real-time feedback loops without relying on enterprise GPUs or specialized servers, democratizing access to a wide range of classical hardware. * Open & Hardware-Agnostic Design: Built within open-source software (Xanadu's PennyLane platform), Backline connects standard CPUs, adaptive FPGAs, and GPUs seamlessly without vendor lock-in. The PennyLane platform provides users with an accessible entry point through Python programming and enabling compilation to translate those programs for rapid communication between hardware components. "Quantum processors require ultra-fast classical infrastructure, operating behind the scenes," said Dr. Christian Weedbrook, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xanadu. "By integrating Backline into PennyLane, we are providing direct access to the communication layers that the industry needs to move from laboratory R&D to real-world performance. Our work with AMD shows that AMD's hardware can handle these demanding latency budgets right now, even with standard CPUs, bringing useful quantum computing closer to reality." "Quantum computers never run alone. Every useful quantum system depends on classical compute reacting in microseconds, and that is a heterogeneous computing problem AMD is uniquely built to solve," said Scott Tease, Corporate Vice President, HPC and Sovereign AI, AMD. "We co-designed Backline with Xanadu so a single Python program can span AMD EPYC and Threadripper CPUs, AMD Instinct GPUs, AMD Versal FPGAs and AMD Pensando networking, and route every task to the engine that meets its latency budget. That gives the whole quantum ecosystem an open path from research to production, on hardware developers can use today." For the broader quantum industry, Backline marks a decisive shift away from high-cost, proprietary hardware lock-in toward an accessible, production-ready ecosystem. By dramatically lowering the barrier to entry, PennyLane now provides a universal software foundation for connecting quantum and classical hardware. This enables university researchers, enterprise engineers, and hardware manufacturers the ability to rapidly prototype and deploy fault-tolerant quantum technologies, without rebuilding their classical infrastructure from the ground up. In doing so, Backline bridges the gap between today's classical computing workflows and tomorrow's scalable quantum technologies. Backline is available today as an open-source feature suite within the PennyLane open-source platform. About Xanadu Founded in 2016, Xanadu is a Canadian photonic quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Xanadu is building fault-tolerant quantum computers using light, with systems designed to compute at room temperature. Xanadu develops both hardware and software, including PennyLane, its open-source quantum computing platform. Xanadu is the first pure-play photonic quantum computing company to list on public markets (Nasdaq/TSX: XNDU) and is recognized globally for its breakthroughs in scalable quantum technologies. Quantum practitioners should stop wondering if quantum computer hardware is ready soon and start worrying... 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Xanadu and ASML announce collaboration to advance lithography for photonic quantum hardware. TORONTO, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited ("Xanadu"; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, and ASML, a leading supplier to the semiconductor industry, today announced a collaboration to develop advanced lithography processes for Xanadu's photonic quantum hardware. This collaboration aims to enable both companies to gain deeper insight into how advanced lithography innovations can help reduce optical losses in quantum computing chips, accelerating the industry's path toward utility-scale quantum computing (USQC). Quantum hardware needs to be fault-tolerant and error-corrected to address large-scale computational problems. For photonic quantum hardware, reducing optical loss is an important technical challenge on the path toward fault-tolerant operation and error correction. Optical loss in photonic quantum processors can be influenced by line edge roughness (LER), which is affected by lithography and related process conditions. Through this collaboration, Xanadu and ASML will explore lithography-enabled process approaches that may contribute to improved patterning control and lower-loss photonic structures. "Fault tolerance and error correction are arguably the most important technical objectives for the quantum computing industry," said Dr. Christian Weedbrook, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xanadu. "Collaborating with ASML gives Xanadu the opportunity to explore advanced, industry-leading lithography processes that will support the continued development of our photonic quantum hardware." "For ASML, this collaboration is an opportunity to explore advanced lithography processes with Xanadu and better understand how our technology and expertise can support next-generation photonics applications," said Stan Baron, Senior Vice President and Head of Customer Team EU-US at ASML. "We are pleased to contribute to this work, supporting the exploration of future manufacturing approaches for photonic quantum hardware as the technology matures." This collaboration with ASML reflects Xanadu's continued focus on advancing photonic quantum hardware and further solidifies Xanadu's leading position within the semiconductor and quantum computing ecosystem. This work paves the way toward future manufacturing and commercialization and marks another significant step in the company's mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. About Xanadu Founded in 2016, Xanadu is a Canadian photonic quantum computing company with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere. Xanadu is building fault-tolerant quantum computers using light, with systems designed to compute at room temperature. Xanadu develops both hardware and software, including PennyLane, its open-source quantum computing platform. Xanadu is the first pure-play photonic quantum computing company to list on public markets (Nasdaq/TSX: XNDU) and is recognized globally for its breakthroughs in scalable quantum technologies. Visit xanadu.ai or follow on X @XanaduAI. Press Contact: [email protected] Investor Relations: [email protected] Forward-Looking Statements This communication includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). 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Xanadu takes C$195 million from Ottawa and still sends its chip packaging abroad. ByRanda Moses 2 mins read Published 4 hours ago * Xanadu secured a C$195 million repayable federal loan to build a photonics manufacturing plant in Toronto. * The plant, named Inception, fills the old Campbell's Soup factory in Etobicoke at 158,000 square feet. * Xanadu still outsources most of its chip packaging and assembly to contractors in other countries. Xanadu on Friday received a C$195 million repayable loan from Canada's federal government to build a photonics manufacturing facility in Toronto. The quantum computing company still outsources most of the chip packaging and assembly to contractors in other countries. Inception fills a 158,000-square-foot Campbell's Soup factory in Etobicoke. Xanadu signed a definitive agreement for the funding, which is a repayable contribution through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's Strategic Response Fund, the successor to the Strategic Innovation Fund. The loan is for the establishment and operation of the facility over the next five years, and the company will have to make a significant co-investment of its own. The C$195 million is about half of the up to C$390 million Xanadu has been seeking from both Ottawa and the Ontario government. The request is part of Project OPTIMISM, expected to cost C$893 million in total and create up to 275 highly skilled jobs. According to a press release from Xanadu, the federal commitment is the largest government investment in quantum manufacturing in Canadian history. CEO Christian Weedbrook said he hopes Ontario money will follow, but he had no firm update on those talks. The plant has a name, Inception, borrowed from the Christopher Nolan film, and an unusual address. It will be housed in the old Campbell's Soup factory in Etobicoke, a 158,000-square-foot Art Deco building that the soup maker left in 2019 and that QuadReal Property Group has renovated. Xanadu is taking over the whole building. Weedbrook joked about company T-shirts that read, "from soup to qubits." "When you go from soup cans to qubits, you're looking at the future and you're telling the country, this is what we see," Canada's Minister of AI and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon said. "I feel like we're here at the launch of Starship Enterprise," he said. Inception is built for manufacturing, packaging, and assembly of quantum components with cleanrooms, 24/7 test facilities, and first-of-its-kind heterogeneous integration. The process combines diverse photonic elements on one chip. Tooling partners include ASMPT, Bluefors, DISCO, EVG, FiconTEC, and MPI. Three months of outside work is meant to become eight hours in-house. Most of that work has until now been outsourced to third-party firms in other countries, Weedbrook said, and Inception is meant to bring that work in house. Packaging is the example he mentioned. It takes the company's outside partner as long as three months to house and connect a photonic chip, and Weedbrook said Xanadu expects to do it in eight hours once the plant is running. Xanadu plans to use Inception early next year and will expand its 320-person team by hiring in advanced manufacturing, engineering, and science, Weedbrook said. The first quantum data center it plans to power with these components is not targeted until 2029. Xanadu, which was founded in 2016 and is listed on the Nasdaq and TSX as XNDU, has received government money in the past. The cumulative total to date is C$78 million, which includes C$40 million from the Strategic Innovation Fund and as much as C$23 million from the first phase of the Canadian Quantum Champions Program. Its own filing lists risk factors, including net losses, a limited operating history, and substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Disclaimer. The information provided is not trading advice. Cryptopolitan.com holds no liability for any investments made based on the information provided on this page. Cryptopolitan strongly recommend independent research and/or consultation with a qualified professional before making any investment decisions. Randa Moses is an editor and reporter at Cryptopolitan covering tech, AI, robotics, crypto, scams, and hacks. She has worked in the crypto space since 2017. She held roles at Forward Protocol, AmaZix, and Cryptosomniac. Randa holds a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Bradford. TABLE OF CONTENT