When you think of a supercomputer, what do you see in your mind's eye? A gigantic mainframe like ENIAC? A sinister emergent intelligence like HAL? Buildings full of GPUs, or maybe a single massive ...

The IBM 7070 was a large transistorized mainframe computer, the business version of the IBM 7090. The IBM 7070 used SMS (standardized modular system) cards, circuits used not only in computers in ...

From proto-computing innovations like the Hollerith tabulating machine to early mainframe computers, and to the dawn of the PC revolution, big blue has played a central role in shaping the now ...

We still come across mainframe specialists who remain suspicious of some of the trends taking place in the wider world – Agile Development, DevOps, Continuous Delivery – even cloud computing.

Given the skills crisis, generative artificial intelligence may offer a way for IT and business leaders to modernise their mainframe environments.

A piece of computing history has found its way to the auction block at Christie's, drawing the attention of technology enthusiasts and collectors alike. The IBM 7090 ...