Hacker News with Generative AI: IBM

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 10 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 13 days ago | 0 comments
A Tour Inside the IBM Z17 (community.ibm.com)
IBM, Hardware, Technology, Architecture
90 points by rbanffy 15 days ago | 149 comments
IBM Executive Instruction Manual (1953) (manualslib.com)
IBM, History, Technology, Manuals
3 points by js2 21 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 21 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 27 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 31 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 40 days ago | 7 comments
IBM EGA 8x14 (int10h.org)
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
IBM, Hardware, Retro Computing
7 points by susam 58 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 67 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 70 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 71 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 71 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 73 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 85 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 89 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Has Become IBM [video] (youtube.com)
Apple, IBM, Business, Technology, Comparisons
8 points by ksec 90 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 99 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 111 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 122 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 130 days ago | 0 comments
IBM Power – What's Next? (chipsandcheese.com)
IBM, Hardware, Future, Technology
13 points by zdw 133 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 140 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 142 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 145 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 147 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 151 days ago | 0 comments
How to Reverse Engineer a 12 EUR Intel PCIe FPGA Card IBM 98Y2610 (circuitvalley.com)
This Post is showing how to Reverse Engineer a Unknown FPGA Board which I got off Ebay.
Reverse Engineering, FPGA, Hardware, Electronics, IBM
93 points by zdw 151 days ago | 35 comments
Gordon Letwin OS/2 Usenet post (1995) (gunkies.org)
IBM doomed OS/2 2.0, in terms of a successful desktop system, almost from the start. The folks at Microsoft realized this; we were always amazed that so many folks at IBM didn't. I speak here not of the faceless low level drones at IBM but the senior guys who are - for the most part - pretty smart guys.
Operating Systems, History, IBM, Microsoft, Software
105 points by walterbell 154 days ago | 129 comments
IBM RISC System/6000 Family (computeradsfromthepast.substack.com)
IBM debuted the RISC System/6000 line in February 1990. This family of products included RISC-powered servers, workstations, and supercomputers. It was the first line of computers to make use of the POWER and PowerPC processors. (IBM developed the PowerPC chips with Apple and Motorola.) The RISC System/6000 servers were replaced by the eServer pSeries. Workstations were sold under the RISC System/6000 name until 2002.
IBM, Computer History, Technology, Servers, Workstations
67 points by rbanffy 158 days ago | 52 comments