The age of the punch card
Mainframes and the race to the Moon
The personal computer revolution
Smart machines and the grand pivot
YOUR GOAL
Master of The story of IBM
marcus IBM's AI Evolution
Big Blue's mind, Big Blue's mind, From card machine to deep AI, a new kind.
marcus IBM sold its iconic personal computer division to Lenovo in 2005 to focus on services.
marcus The Watson supercomputer defeated human champions on the Jeopardy! game show in 2011.
Kasparov's suspicion: Chess champion Garry Kasparov was so shocked by Deep Blue's play that he accused IBM of having a human grandmaster cheat behind the scenes.
A particularly powerful computer designed to perform complex calculations at extremely high speeds. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue became the first such machine to defeat a reigning world chess champion.
What was the primary business focus of IBM during its massive corporate turnaround in the mid-1990s under CEO Louis Gerstner?
Which world chess champion did the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeat in a historic 1997 match?
Which major open-source software company did IBM acquire in 2019 for 34 billion dollars to boost its hybrid cloud business?
What type of computing technology did IBM pivot toward in the 2010s, moving away from consumer hardware?
What unique challenge did the Watson supercomputer have to overcome to win Jeopardy! in 2011?
Which global computer company purchased IBM's personal computer and ThinkPad division in 2005?
How did the Deep Blue chess computer evaluate potential moves during its famous 1997 match?