IBM said that Granite Language will also be released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI and OpenShift AI in December.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead is impressed. “While I was skeptical at first, the more research I did leads me to say with confidence, for enterprises, these are competitive if not superior models,” said Moorhead, CEO and chief analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “Prior models were more efficient but weren’t as accurate, but now the models are both more accurate and more efficient.” To be completely convinced, Moorhead said, he will want to see enterprises successfully using the Granite models. “I think enterprises will watch IBM and their string of developments, and if they keep seeing innovations, they will lock in,” he said.
116 languages
The version of Granite in IBM’s new watsonx Code Assistant has been trained on 116 programming languages, said Keri Olson, VP product management, AI for Code, at IBM. While seven languages — Java, Python, C, C++, Go, JavaScript, and TypeScript — received the most attention based on customer demand, she emphasized that this is only the beginning. Other languages such as Rust, C#, and RPG, are in line for that top-tier treatment.