@never_released@mastodon.social
2026-04-02 14:51 UTC
The mainframe is gaining a new instruction set: arm64
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/cover/20260402042125.3948963-1-seiden@linux.ibm.com/
Replies (5)
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@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-02 14:55
@never_released but... why?
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@cb@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-02 16:02
@never_released found the announcement https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-02-ibm-announces-strategic-collaboration-with-arm-to-shape-the-future-of-enterprise-computing
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@doctorgoktor@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 00:29
@never_released aarch/2
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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org 2026-04-04 04:31
@never_released oh wow (does it include Jazelle? *SCNR*)
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@RupertReynolds@hachyderm.io 2026-04-04 12:19
@never_released At first glance, I'd have said the new instructions will be to support Arm64 virtual machines--z/boxen being very good at virtualization. I may be quite wrong, of course, as it's ages since I was any kind of sysprog.