IBM Announces IBM z17 Mainframe Engineered for AI
IBM has announced the IBM z17 mainframe, featuring AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations.
Powered by the new IBM Telum II processor, the IBM z17 is designed to fully integrate into hybrid environments by “joining hardware innovations, software capabilities for AI, and rich support for open standards and tooling.”
The system also introduces “multi-model AI capabilities, new security features to protect data, and tools that leverage AI for improving system usability and management,” the announcement states. Features include a new operating system, the IBM Spyre Accelerator for increased AI compute capabilities, and IBM Z Operations Unite.
The new z/OS 3.2 operating system – expected in the third quarter of 2025 – is “designed to support hardware-accelerated AI capabilities across the system and operational AI insights for system management capabilities. Additionally, z/OS 3.2 will provide support for modern data access methods, NoSQL databases, and hybrid cloud data processing,” the announcement says.
Learn more at IBM.
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