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Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by shrimppersimmon on Thursday April 02, 2026 @06:53AM (#47612625)
They design and build not one but two CPU architectures, s390/Z and POWER.

Both have been around for many years, but neither is obsolete, they're just not designed for consumer applications.

They still generate $10-15 billion per year in revenue.

Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by panick21_ on Thursday April 02, 2026 @08:14AM (#47613387)
The designed many, many more CPU architectures.
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by eru on Thursday April 02, 2026 @07:12AM (#47612789)
Power was used in customer applications a long time ago? I think Apple used them for a while and so did some game consoles?
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by shrimppersimmon on Thursday April 02, 2026 @07:33AM (#47613015)
Yes. Apple used PowerPC, and PowerPC was also in the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U. It was also widespread in embedded sectors like networking, automotive, and aerospace.

IBM eventually stepped away from the embedded market and eventually lost their foothold in consoles as well. While Raptor did offer Power9 systems at a somewhat accessible price point, the IBM-produced CPUs were still fundamentally enterprise-grade hardware, meaning they retained the high costs and "big iron" features of server tech.

Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by mghackerlady on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:11AM (#47614011)
What I wouldn't give for raptor money... they've gotten more and more expensive as time went on
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by kstrauser on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:54AM (#47615329)
Sort of, in the form of PowerPC, which was an Apple-IBM-Motorola (“AIM”) collaboration. It’s closely related to IBM’s Power line, but more like a predecessor than a sibling.
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by dcrazy on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:12PM (#47622530)
Wasn’t PowerPC cut down from POWER?
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by kitd on Thursday April 02, 2026 @09:35AM (#47614283)
They also designed the Cell CPU used in Nintendo Wiis, among others.
Re:IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm by tempest_ on Thursday April 02, 2026 @11:43AM (#47615995)
Cell was PS3 and the Will used a Power cpu.

IBM had a hand in both however