# IBM plans mainframe processor with native Arm and Z workloads

_Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 6:38 AM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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IBM plans to release a mainframe processor that can run Arm-native Linux environments alongside z/OS and Linux on IBM Z using the same cores. The company says the 11-core, 5.7GHz chip will include AI inference accelerators for in-transaction fraud detection, an on-chip data processing unit for I/O acceleration and a 3.5GB cache architecture. IBM describes it as the first processor of its kind and says workloads can operate concurrently.

## Sources

- [DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ibm-mainframe-chip-to-run-arm-and-z-workloads-on-the-same-cores/)

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