How IBM and the PC changed the world
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IBM transformed the world when it launched the personal computer back in 1981. Its decision last week to sell its PC business to Chinese IT supplier Lenovo shows how profound the changes it brought about really are.
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November 10, 2004 - Itâs not just the wonderful iSeries that comes out of IBM Rochester. The clever folks at the Minnesota hotbed of technical innovation are also responsible for the BlueGene/L supercomputer
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in talks to buy IBM&#39;s personal computer business - is China&#39;s largest PC maker and the world&#39;s fastest growing one. And it is emblematic
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The New York Times has a genuine scoop today. IBM, which introduced its widely cloned personal computer in 1981, has put its PC business on the block.
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NEW YORK, OCT 3: Computer major IBM claims it has developed the Blue Gene/L to be the worldâs most powerful computer, pushing the current ranker Japanâs Earth Simulator to the second slot.
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IBM and top scientific research organizations are joining forces in a humanitarian effort to tap the unused power of millions of computers and help solve complex social problems.
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Bob O. Evans led the development of a new class of mainframe computers - the famous 360's - helping turn I.B.M. into a data-processing power.
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IBM Corp. has announced it has built a supercomputer that surpasses the performance of the Earth Simulator in Yokohama, Japan, the computer widely regarded as the worldâs most powerful.
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The project will tap into the power of home PCs to create a virtul supercomputer. By Paul McDougall. As part of a broader effort to spur collaborative research in key industries, IBM on Tuesday launched a project
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Ziff Davis - In recent years, IBM made solid, secure desktop machines, but computers didn't improve the company's ability to sell IBM services and consulting.
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Revisiting the lessons of Garry Kasparov's historic loss to an IBM computer.
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Machines that only a few years ago seemed to be the stuff of fantasy are slowly but surely reaching the mainstream.  Photos: IBM's Blue Gene/L  Photos: Barcelona's big blade
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The IBM computer is based on a technology called BlueGene/L, which takes an approach radically different from that used by NEC&#39;s machine, called the Earth Simulator.
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The latest machine for helping the Energy Department model nuclear explosions has become the world&#39;s most powerful computer. An IBM Corp.
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In July 2003, IBM&#39;s chief executive, Samuel Palmisano, traveled to Beijing to explore the sale of the company&#39;s personal computer business.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 8 -- During an IBM employee meeting here Wednesday, a worker got up and asked a question that perhaps only 10 years ago would have been unthinkable: If he wanted to keep his job helping to design some of the world's most advanced computers, would he have to move to China?
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Itâs competition time for PC makers, and good news for price-sensitive consumers. Thatâs how industry gurus are assessing the scenario, after last weekâs sensational announcement of the deal between Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group and US-based IBM.