onramp

A head start on your first wafer

OnRamp startups can access SkyWater professional engineering services at no cost to scope a foundry-validated roadmap to bring their innovations from lab to fab.

SkyWater OnRamp companies can also get early access to wafers from internal SkyWater SP90 development runs ahead of the platform’s full launch.

APPLY TO ONRAMP

We understand, because we’ve been there before

Working with large foundries can be a major challenge for early-stage companies with disruptive new device technologies, especially in integrated photonics.

Built for photonics startups, university spinouts and grant-backed teams in quantum, sensing, communications and related technologies.

Special welcome to all NSF X-Labs winners! Providing support at no cost during NSF X-Labs Phase 0.

Work with the people who build it:

Get access to SkyWater's world-class engineering team in the fab to understand what your device needs and what it will take to manufacture it.

  • 1. Your device and layer stack

    Assess materials, process compatibility and design-for-manufacturability constraints.

  • 2. Your integration needs

    Evaluate all processing, integration, and packaging needs for your technology.

  • 3. Your path to fabrication

    Identify engineering risks, validation work and staged development milestones.

WHAT YOU TAKE AWAY:
A roadmap you own

Your written development roadmap captures the proposed fabrication route, open questions and next steps. Use it to support your next commercial or funding milestone, and get your first wafer moving.

SkyWater brings 200 mm foundry and process-development expertise, with SP90 silicon nitride photonics and integration options assessed for each project. OnRamp companies can get cost-effective access to internal SkyWater tapeouts to get their first devices in hand quickly.

Early access to SP90 tapeouts

Available for selected OnRamp companies, based on technical fit and wafer availability. Configurations and timing follow internal development runs.

Paid access at cost-effective pricing at low volume, taking advantage of internal development runs.

Your innovation stays yours.

We just help you manufacture it.

Built for a long-term partnership, we understand that the only thing more valuable than your startup capital is your core innovation.

Tell us what you’re building

Share a non-confidential overview. Include a pitch deck or technical diagrams if available.

  • Your team and technology
    Your device, target application and proposed layer stack or integration needs.

  • Your next milestone
    What you need from a foundry partner to reach your next commercial, funding or technical milestone.

  • Your interest in SP90 tapeouts
    If early access would help, tell us how you would use the wafers.

We select projects based on technical fit, readiness and available engineering capacity.

COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION