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Summary
IBM Z mainframe hardware product marketing and service life cycle history since 1994.
Objective
Each family of the IBM Z mainframe hardware products follows a similar life cycle pattern: product announcement, general availability, marketing withdrawal, and service discontinuance. Historically each mainframe generation has a long life from general availability to service discontinuance, averaging over 11 years. In addition, family-to-family upgrade paths also provides investment protection and extension of the asset life time.
This document provides a graphic summary and details of the mainframe product life cycle since the introduction of CMOS technology in 1994.
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July 11, 2023 - V2.13 - added z13 2964, z13s 2965 and LinuxONE EOS dates.
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17 July 2023
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