ASIC

IBM-led Anderon quantum foundry backed by a $2B CHIPS Act quantum package ($1B DoC incentives + $1B IBM cash) across nine companies, cementing a 300mm superconducting silicon manufacturing hub and a two-tier funding approach that favors fabrication-ready tech over alternatives.

An in-depth, hands-on account of building floating-point arithmetic from scratch for bfloat16/minifloats, covering hardware design trade-offs, verification, tapeouts, and standardization quirks in IEEE 754 and C++.