By Doug Finke IBM Quantum’s announcement about their intended acquisition of HRL Laboratories is quite important and a little surprising. But if you look at this further, there are good reasons why this makes a lot of sense. Here are our thoughts on this. Technology Transitions If you look at the history of technology development, you will find that it is quite common for a new technology to start off with one type of implementation and then later transition to a much different implementation that provides improved cost, performance, or quality. A good example is the semiconductor industry which started with [...]

Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed

In a joint white paper published today, Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT) and Japan-based telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Corp. have outlined a strategic timeline mapping…

IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum

Spin qubits are an important element of IBM’s recent HRL Laboratories acquisition.