Power.org
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Power.org is an organization whose purpose is to develop, enable and promote Power Architecture
technology. The objective is to establish open standards, guidelines, best practices and certifications regarding Power Architecture, as well as drive adoption of the platform.
Power.org was founded in 2004 by IBM
, 15 other companies joined as members the day the site http://power.org was created. Freescale joined in 2006 as a founding member and was given similar status as IBM. Power.org have over 40 paying members, corporations, governmental and educational institutions, and over 10.000 developers.
, this is IBM's and Freescale's responsibility.
Power Architecture
Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, AMCC, Tundra and P.A. Semi...
technology. The objective is to establish open standards, guidelines, best practices and certifications regarding Power Architecture, as well as drive adoption of the platform.
Power.org was founded in 2004 by IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, 15 other companies joined as members the day the site http://power.org was created. Freescale joined in 2006 as a founding member and was given similar status as IBM. Power.org have over 40 paying members, corporations, governmental and educational institutions, and over 10.000 developers.
Milestones
- Power.org is founded (Dec 2004) – The Power.org site is opened.
- Freescale joins (Feb 2006) – Freescale joins Power.org.
- The brand – (July 2006) Establishing "Power Architecture" as a brand, unifying products based on POWERIBM POWERPOWER is a reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by IBM. The name is an acronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC....
, PowerPCPowerPCPowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
, PowerQUICCPowerQUICCPowerQUICC is the name for several Power Architecture based microcontrollers from Freescale Semiconductor. They are built around one or more PowerPC cores and the QUICC Engine which is a separate RISC core specialized in such tasks such as I/O, communications, ATM, security acceleration, networking...
and CellCell microprocessorCell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001 on a...
under one common flag. - Power ISA v2.03 (Nov 2006) – The unified instruction set for Power Architecture processors, joining 15 years of development on POWER and PowerPC architectures.
- Power Architecture Platform ReferencePower Architecture Platform ReferencePower Architecture Platform Reference is an initiative from Power.org to make a new open computing platform based on Power Architecture technology. It follows two previous attempts made in the 1990s, PReP and CHRP....
or PAPR (Nov 2006) – The foundation for development of standard Power Architecture computers running the Linux operating system. - Unified roadmap (Nov 2006) – A common roadmap for Power Architecture processors from different vendors.
- Power Architecture Developer Conference (Sept 2007)
- Released the Common Debug API Specification (Dec 2008)
- Released the ePAPR specification (Dec 2008) – A specification for embedded systems.
Organization
Power.org consists of a Board of Directors which consists of founding members and others. Several committees and subcommittees govern and manages the organization's goals, projects and responsibilities. Members have no veto rights in the decisions processes of what defines the Power ArchitecturePower Architecture
Power Architecture is a broad term to describe similar RISC instruction sets for microprocessors developed and manufactured by such companies as IBM, Freescale, AMCC, Tundra and P.A. Semi...
, this is IBM's and Freescale's responsibility.
Membership
Power.org has a tiered membership model, with four levels: Founder, Sponsor, Participant and Developer. Developer membership is free for anyone.Members
Not a complete list:- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
(founder) - Freescale (founder)
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- AMCCApplied Micro Circuits CorporationApplied Micro Circuits Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power Architecture , and server processor ARM , optical transport and storage solutions...
- Barcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelona Supercomputing Center , also known by the acronym BSC, is a public research center located in Barcelona, Spain. It hosts MareNostrum, Europe's 25th most powerful supercomputer as of November 2009....
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- LauterbachLauterbach DatentechnikLauterbach GmbH is a German electronic design automation firm specializing in in-circuit emulators and logic analyzers used for debugging embedded systems. The firm was founded in 1979 by Lothar Lauterbach...
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