IBM Completes HRL Laboratories Deal to Strengthen Quantum Computing Roadmap
IBM has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, adding expertise in quantum sensing, materials science and cryogenics to support scalable quantum systems. The deal strengthens IBM’s fault-tolerant hardware roadmap and complements work on quantum control, packaging and interconnects. IBM targets Quantum Starling for 100 million operations by 2029 and Blue Jay in the mid-2030s as it competes with Microsoft and Alphabet.