IBM Buys HRL Laboratories to Add Silicon-Qubit Technology to Quantum Roadmap
IBM agreed to acquire HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors, integrating the facility’s electron spin quantum circuits into its quantum computing development roadmap.
The deal adds silicon-spin qubit technology and quantum sensing materials, providing a secondary processing architecture to complement existing superconducting systems and strengthen a planned quantum wafer foundry.
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@techmemeIBM acquires HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors, seeking to integrate HRL's electron spin quantum circuits into its quantum computers (@stephennellis / Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
@stocksavvyshay$IBM will acquire HRL Laboratories adding silicon-spin qubits, quantum sensing and advanced materials to its quantum roadmap. The deal gives IBM a second qubit architecture alongside superconducting systems and strengthens its planned quan