John Backus completes Speedcode for IBM´s first large-scale scientific computer, the IBM 701. Although using Speedcode demanded a significant amount of scarce memory, it greatly reduced the …

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150), often referred to 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.

That started to change in August 1981 with the introduction of the IBM 5150 Personal Computer. The IBM PC could connect to a television and enabled users to process text and play games.

Aug 12, 2025 · 44 years ago this week, the IBM PC was released. On August 12, 1981, IBM announced its first “personal computer,” though it had previously been renowned for its IBM System/370 …

May 2, 2025 · IBM created the first computer to sell over 10,000 units, called the IBM 1401, in 1959. IBM researchers have won Nobel Prizes for innovations like scanning tunneling microscopy in the …

Feb 11, 2026 · ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States and completed in 1946. The project was led by John Mauchly, J. …

IBM’s first computers drew on the company’s punch card technology. Just as some of the more sophisticated punch card machines were programmed by plug boards, so were IBM’s first …

The IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine, known as the Defense Calculator while in development, was IBM 's first commercial scientific computer and its first series production …

Jun 22, 2004 · The 610 was IBM's second-to-last vacuum tube computer. Sometimes the refrigerator-size Bendix G-15 (1956) is called the "first personal computer", but the 610 was running at least …

On April 7, 1964, IBM introduced the revolutionary System/360, the first large "family" of computers to use interchangeable software and peripheral equipment, a departure from IBM's existing product line …