# Quantum Computing's Next Challenge: Chip Yield and Manufacturing Defects

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Podcast: [The Quantum Computing Podcast with Fexingo: Qubits, Quantum Hardware, and Future Computing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-quantum-computing-podcast-with-fexingo-qubits-quantum-hardware-and-future-computing-7871946)
Published: 2026-06-18T08:29:56+00:00
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Episode 58 of The Quantum Computing Podcast shifts focus from qubit design to the brutal economics of fabrication. Lucas and Luna explore why the industry's biggest bottleneck in 2026 isn't error correction — it's chip yield. Drawing on real numbers from Intel's tunnel-fab and IBM's Heron processor, they explain how manufacturing defects that barely matter in classical chips can kill entire quantum processors. The hosts discuss how the industry is borrowing 'known good die' strategies from classical chipmaking, the role of cryogenic wafer probing, and why the first fault-tolerant quantum computers may be assembled from a handful of working modules harvested from dozens of flawed wafers. #QuantumComputing #ChipYield #ManufacturingDefects #QuantumHardware #FaultTolerance #Intel #IBM #HeronProcessor #KnownGoodDie #CryogenicProbing #QubitFabrication #ModularQuantum #Technology #Semiconductors #QuantumEconomics #Podcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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