IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum

IBM is acquiring HRL Laboratories, a Boeing and GM-owned R&D institution, to gain silicon-spin qubit engineering expertise and quantum sensing capabilities that complement IBM's superconducting qubit roadmap. The deal adds manufacturing infrastructure, quantum materials research, and defence-grade sensor technology to IBM's quantum computing programme ahead of its 2029 Starling system launch.

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