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I've been trying to figure out whether the mainframe business is being spun off or retained as part of this split. Haven't been able to figure out whether IBM e

by dn3500 6y ago

I've been trying to figure out whether the mainframe business is being spun off or retained as part of this split. Haven't been able to figure out whether IBM even manufactures this equipment. I know they outsource the chip fab now. I'm not even sure what the mainframe is called any more, they seem to change the name every couple of years. IBM Z? zSeries? System Z? Something with a "Z" in it I think.

rbanffy 6y ago
Their latest is the z15 and their branding refers to IBM z (the same way they call their POWER lines IBM i, for the descendants of the AS/400, and IBM p, for the POWER boxes that run PowerVM, Linux and AIX). They build them mostly to order, in-house.