The technique used by Google, known as surface code, works by connecting each qubit in a two-dimensional grid to its nearest ...

I do enjoy when I see an article about IBM doing something instead of being a bank. When I grew up, I recall stuff like the IBM Microdrive, the first 1GHz processor, god's keyboards, beating ...

That will need to wait for something closer to Blue Jay, a 2033 system that IBM expects will have 2,000 logical qubits. And, as of right now, it's the only thing listed beyond Starling.