IBM announced it has successfully connected and cooled two modular cryogenic systems to below 15 millikelvin, a key milestone toward delivering IBM Quantum Starling in 2029, expected to be the world's first fault-tolerant quantum computer. The new architecture uses L-coupler technology to link quantum processors and enable scaling to hundreds of quantum chips capable of solving large-scale problems.
IBM announced the acquisition of HRL Laboratories, a quantum research institution jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors, to advance its quantum computing capabilities. HRL's expertise in silicon-spin qubit engineering and quantum materials will complement IBM's superconducting qubit technology and accelerate development of fault-tolerant quantum computers, quantum sensing, and quantum networking.