IBM and State of Illinois Announce Quantum Initiative

Yorktown Heights, NY and Chicago — December 12, 2024 — Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a collaboration to establish the National Quantum Algorithm Center in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) in Chicago. Anchored by IBM and other quantum computing pioneers including the University of Chicago and the University […]

IBM Introduces Granite 3.0 AI Models

ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 21, 2024 — Today, at IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the release of what it said is its most advanced family of AI models, Granite 3.0. The company said its third-generation Granite flagship language models can outperform or match similarly sized models from leading model providers on many academic and industry benchmarks. Open-source Granite models […]

Nvidia H100s GPUs Available on IBM Cloud for AI and HPC

Oct. 1, 2024 — IBM announced the availability of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU instances on IBM Cloud. It joins IBM Cloud’s existing lineup of accelerated computing offerings for enterprise’s AI implementation. IBM said that despite increasing interest in generative AI, only 39 percent of organizations surveyed say they are currently implementing or operating gen AI […]

IBM-Developed Algorithms Accepted for Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2024 — Two IBM-developed algorithms have been formalized within the world’s first three post-quantum cryptography standards, which were published today by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), IBM announced The standards include three post-quantum cryptographic algorithms: two of them, ML-KEM (originally known as CRYSTALS-Kyber) and ML-DSA […]

Q-CTRL Reports Optimization Problem Records

London, June 5, 2024 – Quantum infrastructure software company Q-CTRL today announced published results that the company says demonstrate a boost of more than 4X in the size of an optimization problem that can be accurately solved, and show that a utility-scale IBM quantum computer can outperform competitive annealer and trapped ion technologies. “The recent […]

IBM, HPE and Quantum Corp. Report LTO Tape Capacity Shipments Grew 3.14% in 2023  

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 21, 2024 – The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise , International Business Machines Corporation and Quantum Corporation, today released their annual tape media shipment report, detailing year-over-year shipments through the fourth quarter of 2023. The report reveals a record 152.9 exabytes (EB) of total tape capacity (compressed) shipped in 2023, with a […]

IBM Launches Power Server for AI Workloads, Core-Cloud-Edge

Today IBM introduced the IBM Power S1012, a 1-socket, half-wide Power10 processor-based system that IBM said delivers up to 3X more performance per core versus Power S812. [2] It is available in a 2U rack-mounted or tower deskside form factor and is optimized for edge-level computing and  also delivers the lowest entry price point in […]

IBM in $137M Semiconductor Agreement with Canada

BROMONT, QC, April 26, 2024 — IBM, the government of Canada and the government of Quebec today announced agreements to develop the assembly, testing and packaging (ATP) capabilities for semiconductor modules for telecommunications, high performance computing (HPC), automotive, aerospace and defence, computer networks and generative AI, at IBM Canada’s plant in Bromont, Quebec. The agreements reflect […]

IBM AIU SoC Cluster to be Installed at Univ. of Albany

IBM’s long, slow climb back into advanced computing prominence took a turn yesterday with news from the University at Albany that it will be the first academic institution to receive a prototype computing cluster based on IBM’s Artificial Intelligence Unit (AIU). While IBM dropped out of traditional supercomputing….

Korea Quantum Computing and IBM Collaborate

BUSAN, South Korea, Jan. 29, 2024 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Korea Quantum Computing (KQC) has engaged IBM to offer IBM’s AI software and infrastructure, as well as quantum computing services. KQC’s ecosystem of users will have access to IBM’s full stack solution for AI, including watsonx, an AI and data platform to train, tune […]