IBM z17: AI Power with Spyre Accelerator and Telum II

The IBM z17 uses the IBM Spyre Accelerator and Telum II processor. Years of research have created these robots that can do AI tasks at unprecedented speeds and scales

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IBM z17's powerful components will launch a new age of enterprise AI applications. Z17 with Spyre lets companies run generative and agentic AI models on-site in data-sensitive but low-latency industries

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As needed, the IBM z17's 32-core Spyre accelerator can be added as a PCIe card. Telum II and Spyre are based on Telum, which powers the z16 system and contains an industry-first on-chip AI accelerator

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The core of IBM z17 is a whole software stack, and striking the correct balance between hardware and software innovation was essential to the creation of Spyre and Telum II

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The new AI workloads that IBM z17 clients will bring to the platform are intended to be handled by the Spyre accelerator

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In healthcare and banking, mainframes are essential. More than 250 IBM Z use cases, including financial fraud detection, money laundering prevention, and credit risk assessment, are being added to the AI use case list

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The general release date of the IBM Z17 is June 18, 2025. To learn more, go to IBM.com/z17. It is anticipated that the IBM Spyre Accelerator will be accessible beginning in Q4 2025 For More Details Visit Govindhtech.com

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