AI Hardware
The world is generating reams of data each day, and the AI systems built to make sense of it all constantly need faster and more robust hardware. We’re developing new devices and architectures to support the tremendous processing power AI requires to realize its full potential.
Our work
- NewsPeter Hess
- Building the IBM Spyre AcceleratorReleasePeter Hess
- IBM researchers win prestigious European grantsNewsPeter Hess and Mike Murphy
- How the IBM Research AI Hardware Center is building tomorrow’s processorsDeep DivePeter Hess
- Reimagining storage for the generative AI eraResearchTalia Gershon, Mike Murphy, Swaminathan Sundararaman, Haris Pozidis, and Khanh Ngo
- How IBM Research helped prepare the IBM z17 for tomorrow’s workloadsNewsPeter Hess
- See more of our work on AI Hardware
Projects
- Neuro-inspired AI to optimize learning and computing efficiency of next generation AI. 
Analog AI: A New Design Paradigm
At IBM Research we’re developing a new class of Analog AI hardware, purpose built to help innovators realize the promise of the next stages of AI. Journey inside this unique architecture.
Publications
- NetZIP: Algorithm/Hardware Co-design of In-network Lossless Compression for Distributed Large Model Training- Jinghan Huang
- Hyungyo Kim
- et al.
 
- 2025
- MICRO 2025
 
- Simulating the Training and Inference of Analog In-Memory Computing Systems- 2025
- SISPAD 2025
 
- Update Disturbance-Resilient Analog ReRAM Crossbar Arrays for In-Memory Deep Learning Accelerators- Wooseok Choi
- Tommaso Stecconi
- et al.
 
- 2025
- Advanced Science
 
- The NorthPole Validator: A Cycle-Accurate Simulator for HW/SW Codesign of a Prescheduled Neural Inference Accelerator- Alexander Andreopoulos
- Michael Debole
- et al.
 
- 2025
- HPEC 2025
 
- SSD controller architecture for similarity search in Vector DBs- 2025
- FMS 2025
 
- Deep learning software stacks for analogue in-memory computing-based accelerators- Corey Liam Lammie
- Hadjer Benmeziane
- et al.
 
- 2025
- Nat. Rev. Electr. Eng.
 
AI Hardware Center
The IBM Research AI Hardware Center is a global research collaboration hub dedicated to creating the next generation of systems and chips for AI workloads, as well as expanding joint research efforts across technology, architecture, and algorithms.