IBM still “invent computer hardware” (e.g. POWER/PPC CPUs are still being developed) and have been doing it more or less ever since “computer hardware” as a con

IBM still “invent computer hardware” (e.g. POWER/PPC CPUs are still being developed) and have been doing it more or less ever since “computer hardware” as a concept was commercialized. You’re probably aware that the PC itself is an IBM development, but once it because a generic platform they couldn’t turn a profit while having to compete with all the cheap clones (I.e. what we today simply call PCs).