Research and Development

IBM's Research and Development labs, comprised of some of the world’s leading minds, are pushing the boundaries of science, technology and business to make the world work better.

As the world gets smarter and IBM clients need to innovate rapidly, IBM’s technologists and scientists are advancing existing IBM products and services, while simultaneously pursuing the future.

IBM's technical talent and resources are massive:

Today, IBM Software Group has more than 85 development labs around the globe.
Patent leadership is an important component of IBM’s high-value business model, and a reflection of the innovation that has always differentiated IBM and IBMers.
From its very first patent in 1911 for punched card tabulation, to today's patents for analytics and scientific advances in core computing technologies, IBM inventors have always been pioneers seeking to create the future of information technology.
In 2011, IBM inventors earned a record 6,180 patents, more than quadrupling Hewlett-Packard’s and exceeded by six times those of Oracle/Sun. IBM's Software Group (SWG) patents reached 1,275 in 2011 alone.

IBM scientists unveil prototype that will put 'Smart Mobility' into maintenance, repairs and operations.

A Boy and His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie

An IBM supercomputer at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in the US is being used to model the human heart in real time - a first. It could help address one of the leading causes of death in the world.

Helen Bowyer, IBM Emerging Technologies Manager, explains and demonstrates "Say It, Sign It" project which uses an avatar to translate spoken English into sign language:

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UK Research YouTube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL731062AEAFA26351&feature=plcp

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Hursley home page: www-05.ibm.com/uk/locations/hursley_details.html

IBM US Research page: www.ibm.com/research

*Press releases*
Date	Title
04 Jun 2013	Made in IBM Labs: IBM Scientists Unveil Highly Integrated Millimeter-Wave Transceiver for Mobile Communications and Radar Imaging applications
01 May 2013	IBM Research Makes World’s Smallest Movie Using Atoms
24 Apr 2013	Made in IBM Labs: IBM Scientists Unveil Prototype That Will Put 'Smart Mobility' Into Maintenance, Repairs and Operations
22 Apr 2013	Made in IBM Labs: Collaboration Aims to Harness the Energy of 2,000 Suns
21 Feb 2013	MADE IN IBM LABS: Ultra-Fast Ethernet Research Improves Internet Speeds to 100Gb/second
11 Mar 2013	Big Bang Meets Big Data: South Africa Joins ASTRON and IBM to Build the Foundation for a New Era of Computing
08 Feb 2013	IBM Watson Hard At Work: New Breakthroughs Transform Quality Care for Patients
24 Jan 2013	IBM and The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Develop New Antimicrobial Hydrogel to Fight Superbugs and Drug-Resistant Biofilms
15 Jan 2013	IBM Research Team Wins Coveted Feynman Prize for Advancing Scanning Probe Microscopy
10 Jan 2013	IBM Tops U.S. Patent List for 20th Consecutive Year
10 Dec 2012	Made in IBM Labs: IBM Lights Up Silicon Chips to Tackle Big Data
23 Oct 2012	Made in IBM Labs: New IBM Analytics Software Helps Doctors Transition to Predictive Healthcare
13 Aug 2012	IBM Scientists "Waltz" Closer to Using Spintronics in Computing
13 Aug 2012	New IBM Research Lab to Open In Kenya
02 Jul 2012	IBM's Energy Program Saves $43 Million and Avoids 175,000 Metric Tons of C02 Emissions
27 Jun 2012	IBM and Lawrence Livermore Researchers Form ‘Deep Computing Solutions’ Collaboration to Help Boost Industrial Competitiveness
18 Jun 2012	First Commercial IBM Hot-Water Cooled Supercomputer to Consume 40% Less Energy
28 May 2012	Olympicene - scientists bring new molecule to life
20 Apr 2012	IBM Research Boosts Battery 500 Project with New Materials Partners
03 Apr 2012	Made in IBM Labs: New IBM Software Accelerates Decision Making in the Era of Big Data
02 Apr 2012	From Big Bang to Big Data: ASTRON and IBM Collaborate to Explore Origins of the Universe
22 Mar 2012	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, IBM to Collaborate in Applying Watson Technology to Help Oncologists
08 Mar 2012	Made in IBM Labs: Holey Optochip First to Transfer One Trillion Bits of Information per Second Using the Power of Light
06 Mar 2012	Made in IBM Labs: Cloud-based Secure Desktop Streaming from any PC
05 Mar 2012	Citi and IBM Enter Exploratory Agreement on Use of Watson Technologies
28 Feb 2012	IBM Research Advances Device Performance for Quantum Computing
27 Feb 2012	IBM scientists first to image the charge distribution within a single molecule
13 Jan 2012	MADE IN IBM LABS: New Silicon Probe Assists in Disease Diagnostics and Drug Discovery
13 Jan 2012	IBM Research Determines Atomic Limits of Magnetic Memory
11 Jan 2012	IBM Breaks U.S. Patent Record; Tops Patent List for 19th Consecutive Year
19 Dec 2011	IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years
08 Dec 2011	IBM Contributes Data to the National Institutes of Health to Speed Drug Discovery and Cancer Research Innovation
05 Dec 2011	Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Demonstrate Future of Computing with Graphene, Racetrack and Carbon Nanotube Breakthroughs
02 Nov 2011	The Genographic Project Confirms Humans Migrated Out of Africa through Arabia
12 Sep 2011	WellPoint and IBM Announce Agreement to Put Watson to Work in Health Care
29 Aug 2011	IBM and Jeopardy! Relive History with Encore Presentation of Jeopardy!: The IBM Challenge
24 Aug 2011	Made in IBM Labs: New Flood Prediction Technology Simulates Rivers 100x Faster than Real Time
18 Aug 2011	IBM Unveils Cognitive Computing Chips
22 Jul 2011	Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Demonstrate Breakthrough Storage Performance for Big Data Applications
10 Jun 2011	Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Unveil Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices
17 May 2011	IBM and ETH Zurich Open Collaborative Nanotechnology Center
04 May 2011	IBM Honours Eight Employees with Highest Technical Award For Breakthrough Innovations
18 Apr 2011	IBM Honours the 25th Anniversary of High-Temperature Superconductivity
13 Apr 2011	IBM, Caltrans and UC Berkeley Aim to Help Commuters Avoid Congested Roadways Before their Trip Begins
07 Apr 2011	IBM's MRSA-Fighting Nanotechnology Caps Century of Healthcare Innovation
04 Apr 2011	IBM and The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Find Breakthrough for MRSA Treatment
30 Mar 2011	IBM Watson Goes to School to Engage Next Generation of Innovators
10 Mar 2011	Three Films Chronicle IBM’s Century of Innovation
03 Mar 2011	Made in IBM Labs: IBM Reinvents the Patient Portal
03 Mar 2011	Bar Code Inventors to Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame
18 Feb 2011	In Watson's Wake, IBM World Community Grid Registration Skyrockets 700%
10 Jan 2011	IBM Shatters U.S. Patent Record; Tops Patent List for 18th Consecutive Year
27 Dec 2010	IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years
14 Dec 2010	IBM’s “Watson” Computing System to Challenge All Time Greatest Jeopardy! Champions
01 Dec 2010	Made in IBM Labs: Breakthrough Chip Technology Lights the Path to Exascale Computing
26 Oct 2010	IBM Launches New UK Lab to Help Business Partners Cash In On Cloud Computing
22 Oct 2010	MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Inventors Create Warning System to Accurately Analyze, Assess and Predict Natural Disasters

Images

Hursley House

Date added: 17 Apr 2012

Hursley House

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IBM 3D Superconducting quantum bit

Date added: 28 Feb 2012

A picture of IBM’s “3D” superconducting qubit device where a qubit (about 1mm in length) is suspended in the center of the cavity on a small Sapphire chip. The cavity is formed by closing the two halves, and measurements are done by passing microwave signals to the connectors. Despite the apparent large feature size (the cavity is about 1.5 inches wide) for this single qubit demonstration, the team believes it is possible to scale such a system to hundreds or thousands of qubits.

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IBM 2D Superconducting quantum bit

Date added: 28 Feb 2012

A picture of the Silicon chip housing a total of three qubits. The chip is back-mounted on a PC board and connects to I/O coaxial lines via wire bonds (scale: 8mm x 4mm). A larger assembly of such qubits and resonators are envisioned to be used for a scalable architecture.

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IBM CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics Technology

Date added: 29 Feb 2012

IBM's new CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics chip technology integrates electrical and optical devices on the same piece of silicon, enabling computer chips to communicate using pulses of light (instead of electrical signals).

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IBM CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics Technology

Date added: 29 Feb 2012

IBM has unveiled a new chip technology, called CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics chip technology, which enables a 10X improvement in integration density and produces smaller, faster and more power-efficient chips than is possible with conventional technologies.

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