IBM introduces a mainframe for AI: The LinuxONE Emperor 5

When you think of mainframes, you probably think of spinning tape drives, reams of computer cards, and text-only, green-on-black 3270 terminals. IBM's latest mainframe, the LinuxONE Emperor 5, is not your grandpa's mainframe

The fifth generation of its flagship LinuxONE platform, the IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5, is engineered to deliver unprecedented levels of security, cost-efficiency, and AI acceleration for mission-critical enterprise workloads. Powered by the new IBM Telum II processor, the system is set to transform how organizations approach Linux, data, and AI in the hybrid cloud era.

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The Telum II is the heart of this 21st-century mainframe. Manufactured using Samsung's 5 nm process technology, Telum II features eight high-performance cores running at 5.5GHz, a 40% increase in on-chip cache capacity (with virtual L3 and L4 caches ...