Hacker News with Generative AI: IBM

The IBM Enhanced Keyboard turns 40 (sharktastica.co.uk)
On this day, in 1985, IBM announced the 7531 and 7532 Industrial Computers. Two AT-derived computers that were "designed for information-handling applications in industrial plant floor environments". The announcement letters only lightly touched on their keyboards, noting their bidirectional serial interface, mode indicators and separated typewriter and numeric keypad sections - all inherent to any AT-based keyboard. But this keyboard was actually so much more than what was led on. IBM worked to enhance them, aptly calling them... the Enhanced Keyboard.

Hardware, History, IBM, Computers

14 points by tart-lemonade 17 days ago | 1 comments

IBM LinuxONE 5: AI-Ready Linux Platform (storagereview.com)
IBM has introduced the IBM LinuxONE 5, a high-performance Linux computing platform designed for data, application, and AI workloads.

IBM, Linux, AI, Data Centers

6 points by giuliomagnifico 22 days ago | 0 comments

Remembering IBM Researcher Dick Garwin (research.ibm.com)
The longtime IBM researcher and Fellow Emeritus, who advised every president from Eisenhower to Obama, has passed away at 97. His work in physics was as varied as it was influential.

Obituary, Physics, IBM, Research, History

17 points by rbanffy 24 days ago | 1 comments

IBM Unveils $150B Investment to Accelerate Technology Opportunity (newsroom.ibm.com)
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing.

Technology, Business, Investments, IBM

8 points by donutloop 40 days ago | 2 comments

The New IBM Z17 Telum II Processor Module Cut Open Down to Silicon (servethehome.com)
A few weeks ago, we showed the new IBM z17 Mainframe, which brings AI with Telum II and Spyre. I attended the launch, but the next day, I was able to tour IBM’s Fishkill facility, where they do engineering, including failure analysis. As part of that, we got some unique looks at hardware that few get to see.

Hardware, IBM, Mainframes, AI, Engineering

8 points by rbanffy 42 days ago | 0 comments

A Tour Inside the IBM Z17 (community.ibm.com)

IBM, Hardware, Technology, Architecture

90 points by rbanffy 44 days ago | 149 comments

IBM Executive Instruction Manual (1953) (manualslib.com)

IBM, History, Technology, Manuals

3 points by js2 50 days ago | 0 comments

IBM orders US sales to locate near customers, RTO for cloud staff, DEI purge (theregister.com)
Exclusive IBM, which employees wryly or ruefully say stands for I've Been Moved, is once again moving its employees.

IBM, Business, Technology, Employment

208 points by rntn 50 days ago | 457 comments

Why is there a “small house” in IBM's Code page 437? (glyphdrawing.club)
There's a small house ( ⌂ ) in the middle of IBM's infamous character set Code Page 437. "Small house"—that's the official IBM name given to the glyph at code position 0x7F, where a control character for "Delete" (DEL) should logically exist. It's cute, but a little strange. I wonder, how did it get there? Why did IBM represent DEL as a house, of all things?

History, Computer Science, Programming, Character Sets, IBM

227 points by m_walden 56 days ago | 51 comments

IBM Announces the Z17 Mainframe Powered by Telum II Processors (phoronix.com)
Following IBM engineers doing a lot of open-source compiler work around a new "arch15" that we suspected to be IBM z17 with Telum II processors, this morning IBM officially announced their next-generation mainframe hardware.

IBM, Mainframes, Hardware, Processors

71 points by rbanffy 60 days ago | 54 comments

A timeline of IBM keyboard history (sharktastica.co.uk)
This is a preview of upcoming Admiral Shark's Keyboards content. This page is considered work-in-progress and should be treated as such.

History, IBM, Keyboards

57 points by tart-lemonade 70 days ago | 7 comments

IBM EGA 8x14 (int10h.org)
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.

IBM, Hardware, Retro Computing

7 points by susam 88 days ago | 1 comments

The IBM 650: An appreciation from the field (1986) [pdf] (ed-thelen.org)

IBM, History, Computing, Technology, Hardware

54 points by pncnmnp 96 days ago | 20 comments

IBM shuts China research arm after lay-offs and revenue decline (scmp.com)
US computing giant IBM is shutting down one of its major entities in China, 32 years after it was established to manage local research and development operations.

IBM, China, Business, Layoffs, Technology

6 points by giuliomagnifico 99 days ago | 0 comments

IBM closes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition (techcrunch.com)
IBM has finalized its multi-billion dollar HashiCorp acquisition, two days after the U.K.’s antitrust regulator gave the deal its blessing.

Acquisitions, Technology, Business, IBM, HashiCorp

4 points by davidgomes 100 days ago | 0 comments

HashiCorp officially joins the IBM family (hashicorp.com)
Today we announced that HashiCorp has officially joined the IBM family as the acquisition announced last year was finalized.

Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Technology, Companies, IBM

19 points by lopkeny12ko 100 days ago | 3 comments

IBM Plans to Acquire DataStax (datastax.com)
Today we announced that IBM plans to acquire DataStax to accelerate production AI and NoSQL data at scale.

Acquisitions, IBM, DataStax, NoSQL, Artificial Intelligence

23 points by zX41ZdbW 102 days ago | 2 comments

IBM return-to-office order hits finance, ops teams in push to dump staff for AI (theregister.com)
IBM has begun what a source describes as a soft layoff for its Finance & Operations business unit, in the form of a return-to-office (RTO) order.

IBM, Layoffs, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology

8 points by rntn 115 days ago | 4 comments

Red Hat's Java middleware development team to be transferred to IBM (redhat.com)
Today, we’re sharing that Red Hat and IBM will join forces to secure the future of the Java application ecosystem for our customers.

Red Hat, IBM, Java, Middleware, Technology

8 points by thunderbong 118 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Has Become IBM [video] (youtube.com)

Apple, IBM, Business, Technology, Comparisons

8 points by ksec 120 days ago | 4 comments

IBM seeks $3.5B savings for 2025; the next year all about AI, AI, and more AI (theregister.com)
IBM is again forecasting cost savings in the coming calendar year, which likely means one thing for its legions of workers – pedal fast and keep your heads down because headcount reductions may be on the way once more.

IBM, Cost Savings, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology

10 points by rntn 128 days ago | 3 comments

"Some Call It Software": 1977 IBM Computer Software Concepts [video] (youtube.com)

Software, History, Programming, IBM, Video

3 points by CharlesW 140 days ago | 0 comments

Fedora Seems to Be Dying of Neglect by IBM (techrights.org)
PLANET FEDORA (or "Fedora Planet") used to be very active, but this year it's even more quiet than last year, e.g. only 4 new entries from 3 people in the past 5 days (screenshot below).

Linux, Fedora, Open Source, IBM

6 points by dxs 151 days ago | 2 comments

A Computerized Approach to Manufacturing Planning (Confidential 1966 IBM Report) (archive.org)
IBM Technical Report TR 22.256: A Computerized Approach To Manufacturing Planning, by Robert Sadofsky. Published May 2nd, 1966.

Manufacturing, Computer Science, History, IBM, Research

15 points by textfiles 160 days ago | 0 comments

IBM Power – What's Next? (chipsandcheese.com)

IBM, Hardware, Future, Technology

13 points by zdw 163 days ago | 7 comments

IBM's new AI models are more powerful than anything from OpenAI or Google (zdnet.com)
IBM is zooming along with new open-source Granite Large Language Models (LLM) releases every few months. Granite 3.1 is the latest generation model, building upon the success of Granite 3.0. The model offers enhanced capabilities and performance optimized for business applications.

Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, IBM, Google

5 points by CrankyBear 169 days ago | 0 comments

Linux Looks to Drop Support for IBM Cell Blade Servers (phoronix.com)
The latest house cleaning of the Linux kernel is looking to drop support for IBM Cell Blade servers for those platforms from the better part of two decades ago with Cell BE processors that also had worked their way into some supercomputers at the time.

Linux, Operating Systems, Hardware, IBM, Legacy Technology

23 points by rbanffy 171 days ago | 0 comments

Lost IBM OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 localizations: Looking for help finding and archiving (ycombinator.com)
It's amazing how software from a major company that is less than 30 years old can get lost & forgotten so fast.

Operating Systems, Software History, Preservation, IBM, OS/2

74 points by markostamcar 174 days ago | 20 comments

A new video captures a 1968 demo of IBM’s Executive Terminal (ieee.org)
A new video captures a remarkable 1968 demo of IBM’s Executive Terminal

Technology, History, IBM, Computers, Video

332 points by sohkamyung 177 days ago | 90 comments

Rapidus and IBM move closer to scaling out 2 nm chip production (research.ibm.com)
A new chip construction process, called selective layer reductions, is helping overcome some of the critical challenges to produce 2-nanometer transistors and beyond at scale within the decade.

Semiconductors, IBM, Chip Manufacturing, Technology

9 points by sandwichsphinx 180 days ago | 0 comments