Following IBM engineers doing a lot of open-source compiler work around a new "arch15" that we suspected to be IBM z17 with Telum II processors, this morning IBM officially announced their next-generation mainframe hardware. IBM z17 is advertised as being able to process up to 24 trillion operations per second and their new product page and press release is littered with mentions everywhere of AI and security. As IBM talked about last year at Hot Chips, the IBM Telum II processors are eight core...