Ginni Rometty, the first female CEO in the history of the 100-year- old International Business Machines, or IBM, is leaving the helm in April. Rometty, 62, will remain Big Blue’s executive chairwoman until the end of the year. Her departure, announced Thursday, ends nearly 40 years with a technology giant famous for its conservative corporate […]
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China has been down to third place on a list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The latest list by Top 500, published twice a year, puts two US machines – Summit and Sierra – in the top two places. The US has five entries in the top 10, with other entries from Switzerland, Germany […]
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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and IBM have announced they are jointly developing Car eWallet, a payment technology targeting future mobility services. The payment system is based on IBM’s blockchain technology, which would allow mobility operators to create fast and secure automatic transactions in a variety of situations. ZF and UBS, a financial services firm, showed a […]
Walmart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology, also known as distributed ledger tech, to their food supply chains. The coalition includes retailers and food companies such as Unilever, Nestlé , and Dole. They will be aiming to use blockchains, a technology that made […]
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CPUs found inside desktop PCs and laptops are 14nm chips or larger, with the next jump being 10nm. Today IBM announced an industry-first process for building 5nm chips. The new process will be presented in detail at the 2017 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits conference in Japan this week. IBM worked with partners Samsung […]
H&R Block Has hired IBM’s Watson for this tax Season. H&R Block staff will be using Watson this season to identify credits and deductions clients which may have gone unused in the past. “Our clients will benefit from an enhanced experience and our tax pros will have the latest technology to help them ensure every deduction […]
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A handful of big tech companies have formed a partnership with the goal of keeping people informed about the development of artificial intelligence. Many people already use technology that is aided by AI, and that number will only continue to grow. The group includes Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft, each of which has its […]
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An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that a single molecule can operate as a field-effect transistor when surrounded by charged atoms that operate as the gate. The technology is in its infancy, but points to a future of even smaller transistors than possible now, with computers operating on a near-quantum […]
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The partnership between Apple and IBM that targets the enterprise sector continues a steady stream of new app releases, with 10 more announced on Tuesday that brings the total of the year-old partnership to 32 apps for specific industries. The latest batch include apps designed for managers, business travelers, the mortgage industry, government inspectors, and […]
IBM Research on Thursday announced that it has produced the semiconductor industry’s first 7-nanometer node test chips with functioning transistors. The accomplishment was a joint effort with partners GlobalFoundries, Samsung, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. It’s also an important milestone in IBM’s $3 billion research initiative announced last year. The […]