alt Hacker NewsIBM regularly announces silicon breakthroughs like this but I'm not aware of those ever becoming products. Is IBM mainly in the business of licensing their technology to big silicon manufacturers with stuff like this? Is it just marketing for their consulting business?
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IBM's contributions to computing hardware and software are incalculable.
So many breakthroughs in hard drives, chips, transistor density, and other aspects of computing have come out of their labs.
Great to see them continuing to innovate.
But, yeah, usually they partner and license. Over the years, they've spun off more and more of their hardware businesses.
I believe that IBM makes the chips for their Z Series mainframes. I mean, that's low volume production, but they need small feature size.
My understanding is they are largely an IP business. That said this release mentioned an ASML machine on prem, so?