IBM Unveils ‘Nighthawk’ & ‘Loon’ Quantum Chips: Targets 2026 Quantum Advantage and 2029 Fault Tolerance
IBM announced two new quantum processors—Nighthawk and Loon—plus major Qiskit software upgrades and a community “advantage tracker,” aiming for verified quantum advantage by 2026 and fault‑tolerant systems by 2029. Stock ticks higher on the news. What happened today At its annual Quantum Developer Conference, International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) unveiled two headline advances for quantum computing: IBM Quantum Nighthawk, a 120‑qubit processor built to push toward near‑term quantum advantage in 2026, and IBM Quantum Loon, an experimental architecture that demonstrates all the core hardware elements needed for fault‑tolerant quantum computing on a 2029 timeline. IBM also detailed significant Qiskit