IBM Timeline

1896 1984 1997 Herman Hollerith founds the IBM launches the Personal IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer Tabulating Machine Company. Computer/AT; the IBM Portable Personal defeats grandmaster Gary Kasparov in a Computer; and the IBM Office Systems six-game chess match. 1905 programs, which were designed for IBM introduces the Netfinity line of The Tabulating Machine System/36 and System/370 PCs. enterprise PC servers. Company is incorporated. IBM introduces the IntelliStation line of 1956 1985 Windows NT . 1911 IBM introduces the 305 and 650 IBM introduces its Token The International Time Recording RAMAC (Random Access Method of Ring LAN technology. 1998 Company, Computing Scale Company, and Accounting and Control) machines, which IBM launches the PowerPC 740/750 the Tabulating Machine Company are use a magnetic hard disk for data storage. 1986 processors, the world's first manufactured merged to create the Computing-Tabulating- The IBM RT PC, which uses a RISC using IBM's copper manufacturing Recording Company (-T-R). The company 1959 processor and is designed as a work- technology. manufactures and markets accounting The IBM 1401 data processing system station, is introduced. The Personal Two new AS/400s are introduced, as machines, such as time recorders, dial is introduced. This computer is a success, Computer XT Model 286 is also launched. well as new products in the Aptiva, PC, and recorders, tabulators, and automatic scales. marking the first time a corporation sells Thinkpad series.The IBM S/390 computing 10,000 units of a commercial computer. 1987 system for business is also launched. 1924 The IBM 1403 printer is also launched at IBM launches its PS/2 line of PCs and C-T-R's name is changed to International this time. its OS/2 . 1999 Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The S/390 G6 server, using IBM's cop- 1960 1988 per technology, is introduced. 1935 The Stretch computer system and the The IBM AS/400 line of IBM and Dell sign a $16 billion technol- The U.S. Social Security Act is intro- 7000 series are introduced. computers is introduced. ogy agreement, where Dell will purchase duced, and IBM's punched card equipment IBM components for use in Dell systems. is used by the U.S. government to create 1964 1990 IBM and Lotus found the Institute for and maintain employment records for 26 The IBM System/360, the world's first IBM launches its System/390 Knowledge Management. million Americans. family of computers that are fully compati- family of computers. ble in terms of software instructions and IBM scientists create the world's first 2000 1943 hardware, is introduced. structure composed of individual atoms IBM launches the NetVista The Vacuum Tube Multiplier, which using a scanning tunneling microscope. line of PC devices. used vacuum tubes for performing 1966 The letters "IBM" are spelled on a metal IBM launches the eServer line. calculations electronically, is developed. Robert H. Dennard, an IBM scientist, surface, using individual atoms. invents DRAM. 2002 1944 1991 Product offerings during 2002 include The Automatic Sequence Controlled 1970 The AIX/ESA OS for the System/390 the eServer p650 eight-way server, Calculator is completed. This first computer The IBM System/370, which uses virtual family is introduced. the eServer i890, and the IBM eServer was jointly developed by IBM and Harvard memory for the first time, is launched. IBM teams with Lotus Development to xSeries 440. University and is IBM's first computer. The market . The company also IBM acquires Price Waterhouse Coopers' ASCC is also known as the Mark I. 1974 establishes agreements with Borland and business consulting and technology ser- IBM launches its Systems Network Novell. vices unit for $3.5 billion in cash and stock. 1945 Architecture (SNA), a networking protocol. IBM founds the Scientific 1992 2003 Computing Laboratory at New York's 1975 IBM launches its Thinkpad line of IBM and Cisco announce a set of open Columbia University. IBM 5100 Portable Computer, portable computers. software technologies designed to advance System/32, and the Electronic "Selectric" IBM ships five new Enterprise System the development of "self-healing" computer 1952 Composer are introduced. /9000 water-cooled processors: Models systems and networks. IBM introduces the IBM 701, IBM's first 520, 640, 660, 740, and 860. Also, five IBM and Siebel launch CRM OnDemand. production computer. The 701 uses IBM's 1978 new POWERstation/POWERserver mod- IBM launches its WebSphere business magnetic tape drive vacuum technology, IBM System/38 is introduced. els: the 220, 340, 350, 520H, and 560 integration software. an early manifestation of magnetic storage. are introduced. Japan's largest research organization 1980 orders an AMD Opteron based eServer 1953 The experimental 801 RISC 1993 325 supercomputer, running Linux. The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Calculator processor is developed. IBM announces the development of the IBM and Infineon announce the develop- electronic computer and the IBM 702 are PowerPC 604 processor. The PowerPC ment of MRAM (Magnetoresistive RAM), a introduced. The 650 becomes one of 1981 620, a 64-bit processor, is also announced. type of memory that uses magnetic instead IBM's most popular computers. Priced at $1,565, the IBM PC is of electric charges to store information. launched. This is the smallest and cheap- 1995 IBM and announce Linux 1954 est computer ever produced, and the pro- IBM acquires Lotus. alliance; Red Hat's Linux Advanced The IBM 704 is launched. This is the duct's success single-handedly launches Server software will power IBM eServer, first commercial computer featuring index- the PC revolution. 1996 zSeries, iSeries, and pSeries lines of ing, floating point arithmetic, and a more IBM agrees to allow Microsoft to IBM launches its DB2 relational database. enterprise servers. reliable magnetic core memory. develop an OS for its PC, called MS-DOS. IBM acquires Tivoli. by Sixto Ortiz Jr. Microsoft then bases MS-DOS on Tim The IBM Network Station, IBM's network 1955 Paterson's QDOS, an OS developed by computer, is introduced. IBM's 608 transistor calculator, the first Paterson at Seattle Computer Products. commercial all-solid state computer, is Microsoft purchases the rights to QDOS launched. This launch marked the end of for $50,000 and convinces IBM to allow it IBM's use of tubes in computer manufacture. to license and market MS-DOS.