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IBM and Japan's national science body team up for 10,000-qubit quantum computer
By Dallin Grimm published
All 10,000 qubits arriving by 2029.

AMD CEO Lisa Su reminisces about designing the PS3's infamous Cell processor during her time at IBM
By Christopher Harper published
Lisa Su reminisces on when she helped design a processor for the PS3 while working at IBM.

Newly open-sourced MS-DOS 4 installed on an IBM Personal System/2 with a 16 MHz Intel 386 CPU — took 70 minutes to build
By Christopher Harper published
MS-DOS 4's open source release gets a branch confirmed to work on the seminal IBM PS/2.

IBM to invest $730 million in Canadian semiconductor sector: Report
By Anton Shilov published
IBM invests in a Canada-based production facility.

Commodore 64 claimed to outperform IBM's quantum system — sarcastic researchers say 1 MHz computer is faster, more efficient, and decently accurate
By Mark Tyson published
A paper released during the SIGBOVIK 2024 conference details an attempt to simulate the IBM ‘quantum utility’ experiment on a Commodore 64. The authors claim the experiment was a success.

Windows Copilot key is secretly from the IBM era — but you can remap it with the right tools
By Avram Piltch published
The Copilot key comes on brand new AI PCs but it actually outputs as an ancient keyboard combo from 122-key terminal keyboards of the 1980s or 1990s.

GhostRace CPU vulnerability threatens all major architectures
By Christopher Harper published
GhostRace is a cross-platform vulnerability that applies to CPUs made by Intel, AMD, Arm, and IBM that echoes the Spectre vulnerability from six years ago.

Martin Goetz, First to Patent Software, Dies at 93
By Anton Shilov published
Martin Goetz, who secured the first U.S. software patent, has passed away at 93, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped the software industry's legal and commercial landscape.
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