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IBM taps z17 mainframe at Marist University to support AI research projects
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IBM has collaborated with New York's Marist University to launch an Innovation Incubator, deploying an IBM z17 mainframe to support AI research projects across multiple faculties.
Key facts
- First unveiled in April 2025, the z17 features a second-generation on-chip AI accelerator built on the IBM Telum II processor and a 32-core IBM Spyre accelerator
- IBM has collaborated with New York's Marist University to launch an Innovation Incubator, deploying an IBM z17 mainframe to support AI research projects across multiple faculties
- At Marist, we believe the future of higher education lies at the intersection of academic excellence and meaningful industry engagement," said Marist president Kevin Weinman
- The reporter is especially excited to see IBM and Marist, two longstanding leaders in the Mid-Hudson Valley community, build on this partnership
Summary
The partnership will connect university students and researchers with IBM subject matter experts, while allowing them to develop and test AI applications on the z17 mainframe. The projects aim to address “societal, business, and community challenges,” the partners said and will initially focus on AI use cases across marketing and business, financial management, and civic engagement. First unveiled in April 2025, the z17 features a second-generation on-chip AI accelerator built on the IBM Telum II processor and a 32-core IBM Spyre accelerator. At launch, IBM said the z17 mainframe had been engineered specifically to support AI capabilities and was the result of five years of development.