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IBM Common User Access

IBM Common User Access, also known as IBM CUA, is a set of user interface design guidelines published by IBM starting in 1987 as part of its Systems Application Architecture.

IBM Condor

IBM Condor is a 1,121-qubit superconducting quantum processor announced by IBM in December 2023, then the largest transmon-based chip, built to demonstrate single-chip scale rather than performance.

IBM Db2

IBM Db2 is a family of relational database management systems developed by IBM, first announced in 1983 for mainframes and now serving transactional, analytical, and AI workloads on premises and in hybrid cloud.

IBM Eagle

IBM Eagle is a 127-qubit superconducting quantum processor announced by IBM on November 16, 2021, its first with over 100 qubits and the platform for a 2023 quantum utility experiment.

IBM Falcon and Hummingbird

IBM Falcon and Hummingbird are families of superconducting quantum processors from IBM Quantum, released in 2019 and 2020 with 27 and 65 qubits and built on the heavy-hexagonal qubit layout.

IBM five-qubit quantum computer

The IBM five-qubit quantum computer was a superconducting processor that IBM put on the public cloud in May 2016, the first anyone could program over the internet.

IBM Granite

IBM Granite is a family of open-source generative AI foundation models developed by IBM for enterprise use, first released through watsonx on September 28, 2023.

IBM mainframe

An IBM mainframe is a large, high-reliability computer for continuous transaction processing, still running the core systems of banking, insurance, and government since the 1964 System/360.

IBM Maximo

IBM Maximo is an enterprise asset management software family, originally developed by MRO Software and owned by IBM since 2006, now offered as the Maximo Application Suite.

IBM Parallel Sysplex

IBM Parallel Sysplex is IBM's 1994 clustering technology for z/OS mainframes, letting up to 32 systems share data through a Coupling Facility while behaving as one platform.

IBM PC compatible

An IBM PC compatible, or PC clone, is a computer built to run software written for IBM's 1981 Personal Computer, the standard that dominated personal computing.

IBM PC keyboard

The IBM PC keyboard is the 83-key keyboard IBM supplied with the original IBM Personal Computer in 1981, whose scan-code conventions PC keyboards followed for decades.

IBM PC XT

The IBM PC XT (model 5160), where XT stands for eXtended Technology, is a personal computer IBM introduced in March 1983 as a successor to the original IBM PC.

IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is a desktop microcomputer introduced by IBM in 1981 that became the standard for PC-compatible computers.

IBM Personal Computer/AT

The IBM Personal Computer/AT, usually called the IBM PC/AT, was IBM's second-generation personal computer, released in August 1984 around a 6 MHz Intel 80286 processor.

IBM POWER9

IBM POWER9 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor announced by IBM in December 2017 as POWER8's successor, designed for artificial intelligence and powering the Summit and Sierra supercomputers.

IBM PS/2

The IBM PS/2 is a line of personal computers launched by IBM in 1987 as the successor to the IBM PC, introducing the Micro Channel bus and VGA graphics.

IBM QRadar

IBM QRadar is a security information and event management product family that collects enterprise security events and network flows and correlates them into prioritized offenses.

IBM Quantum Heron

IBM Quantum Heron is a family of superconducting quantum processors released by IBM in December 2023, using tunable couplers to reduce errors nearly five-fold over its Eagle predecessor.

IBM Rational ClearCase

IBM Rational ClearCase is an enterprise version control and software configuration management system first released by Atria Software in 1992 and now sold by IBM as DevOps Code ClearCase.

IBM RoboRXN

IBM RoboRXN is a cloud-based autonomous chemical synthesis platform by IBM Research Europe, announced in August 2020, combining AI synthesis planning with a robot laboratory chemists access online.

IBM RS/6000

The IBM RS/6000, originally announced as the RISC System/6000, was a family of RISC-based UNIX workstations and servers introduced by IBM in February 1990, the first computer line to use the POWER architecture.

IBM Simon

The IBM Simon Personal Communicator, designed by IBM, was a touchscreen phone and PDA sold by BellSouth from 1994 to 1995, widely regarded as the first smartphone.

IBM System/360

The IBM System/360 is a family of mainframe computers announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, whose models shared a single instruction set, so programs ran unchanged on any model.

IBM System/370

The IBM System/370 is a mainframe computer family announced by IBM in 1970 as the successor to the System/360, introducing semiconductor main memory and, from 1972, virtual storage.

IBM System/4 Pi

The IBM System/4 Pi, also known as System 4 Pi, was a family of militarized IBM computers for aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft, derived from the System/360 mainframe.

IBM Telum

IBM Telum is a microprocessor family IBM developed for its Z mainframe and LinuxONE systems, first presented at Hot Chips in August 2021 and powering the IBM z16.

IBM TrueNorth

IBM TrueNorth is a digital neuromorphic microprocessor developed by IBM Research under DARPA's SyNAPSE program and published in 2014, implementing one million spiking neurons on 5.4 billion transistors.

IBM Watson for Oncology

IBM Watson for Oncology was a clinical decision-support system developed by IBM with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that ranked evidence-based cancer treatments, announced in 2012 and sold off by 2022.

IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson Health was an IBM business unit, launched in 2015, that applied Watson computing to healthcare data and analytics until its 2022 sale to Francisco Partners.