About IBM Power and Z Processors
IBM designs the Power and Telum processors used in its Power servers and z mainframes. Telum II (eight cores at 5.5 GHz, Samsung 5 nm) was shown at Hot Chips in August 2024 and shipped in the z17 mainframe announced in April 2025; Power11 systems launched in July 2025. IBM's quantum and neuromorphic work is listed under separate entries.
IBM Power and Z Processors was founded in 1911 and is based in Armonk, NY, United States. It is listed under CPUs & RISC-V. Its shares trade as IBM on NYSE.
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What IBM Power and Z Processors works on
CPUs & RISC-V
A CPU, or central processing unit, is the general-purpose chip that runs a computer. It reads instructions, does arithmetic and logic, and decides what happens next. Every phone, laptop and server has at least one.
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