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Tower Semiconductor Deepens Xanadu Partnership to Scale Photonic Quantum Hardware

Story Highlights
  • Tower Semiconductor and Xanadu expanded their collaboration on February 19, 2026, co-developing a custom silicon photonics material stack to support scalable, fault-tolerant photonic quantum computers.
  • Building on prior joint tapeouts, the partners are optimizing ultra-low-loss silicon nitride and integrated photodiodes on Tower’s high-volume platform, strengthening Tower’s role in future commercial-scale quantum computing and related markets.
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Tower Semiconductor Deepens Xanadu Partnership to Scale Photonic Quantum Hardware

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Tower ( (TSEM) ) has issued an update.

On February 19, 2026, Tower Semiconductor and Canadian photonic quantum computing firm Xanadu announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration to develop advanced silicon photonics for fault-tolerant quantum computers. The companies have co-engineered a custom material stack integrated into Tower’s high-volume silicon photonics platform, aiming to support scalable, high-performance photonic quantum hardware as system complexity increases.

The strengthened partnership builds on a series of successful joint tapeouts that moved Xanadu’s hardware from concept to prototype and demonstrator systems within a manufacturable foundry environment. Current work focuses on optimizing ultra‑low‑loss silicon nitride and integrated photodiodes using standard product flows, positioning Tower’s platform to serve emerging commercial-scale quantum computing while reinforcing its relevance across data centers, telecom and automotive applications.

The most recent analyst rating on (TSEM) stock is a Buy with a $45000.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Tower stock, see the TSEM Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on TSEM Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, TSEM is a Outperform.

The score is driven mainly by solid financial strength (notably the strong balance sheet) and supportive technical trend, reinforced by an upbeat earnings call focused on a funded, customer-supported SiPho/SiGe capacity ramp. These positives are tempered by premium valuation (high P/E) and the recent dip into negative free cash flow, plus execution/contract risks highlighted on the call.

To see Spark’s full report on TSEM stock, click here.

More about Tower

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is a leading foundry of high-value analog semiconductor solutions, providing technology, development and process platforms for customers in consumer, industrial, automotive, mobile, infrastructure, medical, and aerospace and defense markets. Its customizable platforms span silicon photonics, SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed-signal/RF CMOS, image and non-imaging sensors, power management and MEMS, supported by multi-fab manufacturing sites in Israel, the U.S., Japan and a shared 300mm facility in Italy.

Average Trading Volume: 1,872,345

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $14.28B

See more data about TSEM stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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