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IBM The Company History Current Projects

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IBM The Company History Current Projects

IBM The Company IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) Headquarter: Armonk, New York. history dating back to 19th century. sells computer hardware, software, infrastructure services, hosting

services, and consulting services 330.000 employees worldwide Revenues 2005: US $91 billion, Largest information technology company in the world Most patents (technology company) engineers and consultants in over 170 countries. eight laboratories worldwide. employees earned five Nobel Prizes Operating income: $US 12.4 billion (2005)

Net income: $US 7.9 billion (2005)

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IBM The Company History Current Projects

History founded in 1889 Herman Hollerith and the Tabulating Machine Company. IBM adopted its current name in 1924. 1888–1924: The founding of IBM 1924–1938: Between the wars 1938–1949: World War II and Holocaust era Browning Automatic Rifle, M1 Carbine (WW II) 1950–1959: Postwar recovery and the rise of business computing chief contractor United States Air Force's (for developing computers for the

automated defence systems) 1960–1968: The System/360 era "IBM and the seven dwarfs" 1969–1979: The System/370 era 1980–1989: Information revolution August 11, 1981 First PC (US$1,565)

IBM Worker

The founder of IBM

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M1 Carbine

An IBM Mainframe

System 360 Installation

A calculating machine

History 1990–1999: IBM's rebirth First Laptop October 5, 1992 (Thinkpad 700c) 1993-2005, most patents. 2004, IBM sells its PC business to Lenovo 20, 2006, IBM and Georgia Institute of

Technology new record chip 500GHz by freezing the chip to -268 °

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IBM Thinkpad 700c

First PC

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IBM The Company History Current Projects

Current Projects BlueEyes

interaction between humans and computers Eclipse

platform-independent java-based software framework. Extreme Blue

company initiative to develop high-value technology. Gaming

The Xbox 360 IBM Xenon tri-core chipset Sony's PlayStation 3 Cell microprocessor (IBM, Toshiba and Sony)

Nintendo's Wii, IBM chip (codenamed Broadway) Nintendo GameCube uses processor designed by IBM.

Current Projects

Sony Playstation 3

Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Gamecube (Old)

Microsoft Xbox 360

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