by Karl Freund | Jan 31, 2024 | In the News
IBM Research has doubled the capacity of its Vela AI Supercomputer, part of the IBM Cloud, to handle the strong growth in watsonx models and has aggressive plans to continue to expand and enhance AI inferencing with its own accelerator, the IBM AIU. A year ago, IBM...
by Karl Freund | Jan 8, 2024 | In the News
2023 has been a fun year in AI, to say the least. OpenAI and ChatGPT changed nearly everything, and the AI revolution is just beginning. Nvidia will ship somewhere around 2 million H100-class GPUs in 2024, AMD is now shipping the MI300, and Intel Gaudi3 is coming...
by Karl Freund | Nov 16, 2023 | In the News
Under CEO Arvind Krishna’s leadership and AI’s momentum, IBM has truly transformed its business, technology, and leadership. I should know; I worked there as an exec from 2000 to 2010. Now IBM is all about AI and Hybrid Cloud, with Quantum computing in sight. Lucky...
by Karl Freund | Sep 26, 2023 | In the News
Last year, IBM launched the z16 with an integrated AI accelerator on each CPU chip. Now, with the infusion of AI into IBM z/OS and a robust AI open-source toolkit, IBM Z customers can realize low-latency AI on a highly trustworthy and secure enterprise system: the...
by Karl Freund | Jun 14, 2023 | In the News
For the first time, IBM has used a quantum computer to solve a problem that that stumps the leading classical methods. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone in the path towards useful quantum computing systems and software. IBM has published a paper in...