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The list of IBM products is a partial list of products, services, and subsidiaries of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s. [1] Context [ edit]
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard. Released on August 12, 1981, it was created by a team of engineers and designers at International Business Machines (IBM), directed by William C ...
In the next decade, IBM introduced personal computers that increased processing speed tenfold over its original PC, increased the instruction execution rate by 100, grew system memory from 16 kilobytes to 16 megabytes, and boosted system storage by a factor of 10,000.
Aug 11, 2021 · The Golden Age of IBM PCs. As the IBM PC turns 40, let's revisit innovative IBM machines from the first decade of the PC, 1981-1990. By Benj Edwards. Updated August 11, 2021. (Photos Courtesy...
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the AT, the Convertible, and the /370 systems, among others), from 1981 to 1987.
Some 25 times to 50 times faster than its predecessors, the 701 inaugurated IBM’s 700 series with rapid advancements in computing power, memory capacity and economy of size, making history as the company’s first electronic computer.
The System/360 replaced all five of IBM’s existing computer product lines with one strictly compatible family, using a new architecture that pioneered the 8-bit byte still in use on computers today.
