IBM showed a design running Z and Arm instruction sets on one core. HiDream announced a model creating explorable 3D environments from text, images and controls.
IBM showed a 2-nanometre mainframe processor at the Hot Chips conference. VentureBeat reports that each of its 11 cores runs IBM Z and Arm instruction sets and switches between them in nanoseconds. The company expects systems around 2028. Base frequency is above 5.7 GHz. The chip includes AI inference accelerators for fraud detection and a separate input-output acceleration unit. IBM positions the design as a successor to z17.[1]
IBM also previewed a next-generation Spyre accelerator using high-bandwidth memory for large language models in agentic workflows. The report says complete systems can scale to hundreds of cores and tens of terabytes of memory. IBM Z and LinuxONE product chief Tina Tarquinio described the design as working together rather than choosing between two options. The report gives no separate timetable for commercial configurations containing the new core and Spyre.[1]
HiDream.ai announced HiDream-O1-World, which generates explorable 3D environments from text, images or direct controls. According to the company announcement carried by Zawya, it supports first- and third-person exploration, real-time editing and events inside scenes. The company reported an 80.9 average on WBench Navi, 73.3 on physical dimension and 88.0 on consistency. Those measurements are not independently verified. The announcement gives no open-weights, pricing or general-availability date.[2]
