What's the fastest supercomputer? According to the TOP500 list, the world's fastest supercomputer is Japan's Fugaku at a speed of 442 petaflops as of June 2021. IBM …

The IBM 7030, introduced in 1960, represented multiple breakthroughs in computer technology. It was IBM’s first supercomputer, ranking as the fastest in the world for three years after its …

Feb 7, 2023 · This led us to build IBM’s first AI-optimized, cloud-native supercomputer, Vela. It has been online since May of 2022, housed within IBM Cloud, and is currently just for use by …

In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue did something that no machine had done before. In May of that year, it became the first computer system to defeat a reigning world chess champion in a match under …

Jun 23, 2025 · This quantum computer expands IBM's global fleet of quantum computers, and was officially launched during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24, 2025, in Kobe, Japan.

In the early 1960s, the IBM 7030 Stretch reigned as the world’s fastest computer, capable of processing more than 1 million instructions per second. Four decades later, another IBM …

From Deep Blue to Blue Gene, IBM supercomputers pioneered massively parallel processing and broke the petaflop barrier that led to breakthroughs in everything from weather prediction to oil …

Dec 13, 2023 · This is partly why IBM decided to build Vela, an AI supercomputer in the IBM Cloud, last year. Vela allows us to efficiently deploy our AI workflows — from data pre …

Globally, multiple supercomputer facilities have already begun to incorporate quantum-computing hardware, including Germany’s Jupiter, Japan’s Fugaku and Poland’s PSNC. As part of the …

IBM’s Summit supercomputer, unveiled in 2018, has been used to study earthquakes, develop the next generation of materials for energy storage, and investigate supernovae to gain a better …