IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI

IBM is disseminating the latest version of the main frame device, which contains new updates designed to accelerate the adoption of AI.

On Monday, the apparatus and consulting company announced IBM Z17, its main frame of the computer device. This fully encrypted main frame is equipped with IBM Telum II processor and is designed for more than 250 AI.

Mainframes may seem like an old hat, but today is used by 71% of Fortune 500, According to one source. In 2024, the Anaframe market, every consulting company was worth $ 5.3 billion for the future of market research.

Z17 can process 450 billion infertility operations in one day, 50% increase with its predecessor, IBM Z16It was broadcast in 2022 and fled with the original Telly processor of the company. The system is designed to be able to fully integrate with other equipment, software and open source means.

Tina Tarquinio, VP Product Management and Design for IBM Z, TechCrunch, this basic game update has been in business for five years – before the current AI angry Opic’s AAIP In November 2022.

Tarquinio spent more than 200,000 research hours from IBM from more than 100 customers since Z17. Five years later, he thinks it is interesting to see the opinions that the market is adapted.

“The EU accelerator, especially in half of 2022, we recognized an EU speed to see all the changes related to AI,” Tarquinio TechCrunch. “It was really exciting. I think the biggest point was [that] We don’t know what we came, right? Thus, the opportunities are really limited in terms of what the EU can help us. “

Z17 is built to adapt and place the heads of the AI ​​market. Mainframe will support 48 IBM Spyre AI accelerator plants with a plan to convey this number to 96 in 12 months.

“We are in the headline in the town,” said Tarquinio. “We deliberately build on EU agility. Thus, because new models are applied [we’re] To make sure we build in the title room for larger, larger models, maybe models needed to talk to each other more local memory. For this, we built because we know that there is an approach to change, isn’t it? New models will come and go. “

Tarquinio said that this was one of the highlights of this latest hardware – Although he joked, he was asked to choose his favorite child – Z17, his predecessor and allegedly more energy than energy.

“On-chip, we increase the acceleration of the AI ​​seven and one and the only half, but with another type of platform in industry, many models, this is a very model in the industry,” said Tarquinio.

Z17 Mainframes will be available on June 8.