IBM and AMD plot quantum mashup
Two potentially dead and alive cats
IBM and AMD say they’re going to “build the future of computing” by welding quantum hardware to high-performance silicon, creating hybrid systems to crack problems too gnarly for either approach.
IBM Power11 gets speed boost and AI smarts
Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking
IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.
Quantum computing arms race heats up
Everyone wants to build the first machine that does something useful
The long-held fantasy of quantum computing is now looking more like a knuckle-busting engineering war.
IBM boasts quantum masterplan
Biggish Blue bets big on fault-tolerant qubits
Biggish Blue has swaggered into the quantum saloon waving a roadmap it says will make AI look like a warm-up act.
IBM gets a patent for 4D printer tech
Does not need ink
Biggish Blue has just bagged a patent for a technology that uses 4D-printed smart materials to transport microscopic particles.
Red Hat Plans to integrate AI with IBM's Granite engine
Hats off to AI
The Red Hat team has announced plans to integrate artificial intelligence with IBM's open-source Granite engine to enhance developer tools such as integrated development environments (IDEs) and create an AI-powered Code Assistant. The team is also working on streamlining AI acceleration in Toolbx and ensuring Fedora users have access to tools like RamaLama.
IBM advances towards error-mitigation quantum computing
Better at herding the cats
IBM has announced a series of developments to make limited but functional quantum calculations possible ahead of the much-anticipated arrival of error-corrected quantum computing.
Red Hat swallows Neural Magic
Wants to enhance AI optimisation
Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software firm, is set to acquire Neural Magic, a Massachusetts-based startup known for optimising AI models to run more efficiently on standard processors and GPUs.
IBM faces lawsuit over data sharing violations
Stormy weather over weather channel website leaks
Biggish Blue is facing a fresh legal challenge concerning the alleged sharing of users' personal information by its Weather Channel website without consent.
IBM shares fall on mixed results
Propped up by Red Hat
Biggish Blue shares dropped more than six per cent yesterday as the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street were worried about the outfit’s mixed earnings report for the third quarter.