Today, IBM announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, a flagship research and development (R&D) institution pioneering breakthroughs in physical and information sciences, including quantum technologies.
We are extremely excited about this acquisition for its potential to accelerate and expand our quantum vision. IBM is a global leader in quantum computing, and we believe that HRL’s advanced expertise in silicon-spin qubit engineering will complement and extend our long-term mission to scale powerful quantum computers. We hope that HRL’s portfolio will help IBM push the frontiers of information technology in a quantum future, from future generations of quantum computers to a quantum computing internet capable of revolutionizing industries.
Superconducting qubits and spin qubits both leverage state-of-the-art silicon fabrication. This shared foundation is amongst the reasons why these two modalities offer the credible paths to scaling quantum technologies.
So, we wanted to give a brief overview of spin qubits and why we’re excited about this announcement.
What are spin qubits?
