IBM, known previously for its huge mainframe computers meant for large corporations, decided to get in on this new market and launch a PC of its own. Inside of designing its first PC completely on ...

However, by the time IBM announced the PC AT model in 1984, other vendors had succeeded at cloning, and the PC market began to explode. See AT. In 1986, Compaq ushered in the first Intel 386-based ...

Just over 43 years ago, the dawn of a new era started when IBM launched the first true personal computer, the 5150 which I ...

But that early adopter number changed when IBM introduced its first PC in 1981. Although the first IBM 8088 PC cost $1585, the interest in this PC was strong. Indeed, the IBM PC powered the PC ...

A plaque on the Microsoft campus commemorates the launch of BASIC for the Altair, the company’s first product. Click to ...

The net result is a system that supports the most complicated calculations yet on IBM's hardware, leaving the company ...

Better at herding the cats IBM has announced a series of developments to make limited but functional quantum calculations ...

The 5-pin DIN keyboard connector used with the first IBM PC (1981) and second-generation IBM AT (1984). It was subsequently replaced with the smaller 6-pin Mini-DIN connector on the IBM PS/2 in 1987.

the first keyboard to use buckling springs, would appear on the market with the System/23 in August of 1981, a month before the release of the original IBM PC. The IBM Model M keyboard would ...

When combined with Qiskit software tools, the 156-qubit R2 Heron quantum processor can perform 5,000 two-qubit gate operations — double the previous best — meaning it's ready for complex quantum ...

Also, IBM unveiled IBM Quantum System Two, the company's first modular quantum computer and cornerstone of IBM's quantum-centric supercomputing architecture. The first IBM Quantum System Two ...

Call it the unlikeliest of couples. IBM, one of earliest -- if not the first -- buyer of sports sponsorships from the tech (then called computer) category, has signed a global sponsorship deal with ...