IBM acquires HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors, seeking to integrate HRL's electron spin quantum circuits into its quantum computers
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IBM buying HRL to fold electron spin qubits into its stack is a bet on a dual-track quantum roadmap — superconducting today, spin-based tomorrow. If you’re building quantum software or partnerships, assume hardware heterogeneity is here to stay and design for portability across qubit types, not just vendors.
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