The US computer giant IBM will invest $ 3 billion over the next five years in the "cloud" and data analysis, has he announced Wednesday, July 9 in a statement .
These funds are intended to finance the development of research programs on these two new niches, the company said.
The first project aims to develop nanotechnology could allow a microprocessor to support a high volume of requests.
These applications have exploded with the rise of cloud computing ("cloud") and data center analysis and operation of electronic data masses ("big data").
The aim of IBM is to improve the performance of these microprocessors so that they can execute instructions and be able to handle large volumes of information.
The semiconductor group wants to achieve a silicone casing 7 nanometers (nm), 22 nm against today. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.
"Going from 22 nanometers to 7 nm or below is a huge challenge, which requires great skills in terms of physics and science," said the director of the Technological Research Richard Doherty, said in the statement
Necessary innovations
John Kelly, vice president of the group in charge of research, "the question is not whether we will introduce technology 7 nanometers in manufacturing (microprocessors), but rather when and at what cost."
He points out that this investment is to ensure that IBM produisse innovations needed to address these "challenges".
"Big Blue" also wants to accelerate research on future tunneling transistor computers, future quantum computers or on undetectable markers to authenticate objects, added.
The IT group also intends to start thinking about alternatives to silicone and continue on limiting the energy consumption of supercomputers, the major energy data centers.
The engineers of the research centers of IBM Zurich, New York and California will work together on these programs.
The IT group also states through these investments to refocus on the "cloud".
He recently bought some companies in new sectors, but also decided earlier this year to sell its entry-level servers, deemed not profitable enough, the Chinese group Lenovo, which had already resumed its PC there few years.
(With AFP)
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