IBM 8000
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Not to be confused with IBM DS8000 series.
The IBM 8000 series was a proposed transistor-based successor to the IBM 7000 series. Important engineers on the project included Fred Brooks and Gerry Blaauw. The project plan for the 8000 series was presented by Fred Brooks in January 1961. Despite some technical successes, the project became a political football, amid IBM's search for a unified product line. The project was canceled in 1961 by Bob Evans, supplanted by the successful System/360 series.
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Type | Mainframe/ scientific computer |
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Release date | Not released |
Predecessor | IBM 700/7000 series |
Successor | IBM System/360 |
Related | IBM 1400 series |
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The 8000 project may have seen the first use of the term "architecture" in relation to computers.[1]