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IBM announces chip that natively executes Arm and Z instructions concurrently

Cunning plan to expand the amount of software that runs on mainframes is also an admission ISVs are focusing their energies elsewhere

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IBM announced a new processor that can execute Arm and Z instruction sets at the same time, aiming to broaden the range of software that can run on its mainframe platforms. The move signals that independent software vendors are diverting their development efforts toward other areas, prompting IBM to create a hardware solution that bridges the two architectures.

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