US-based ODM for secure, owner-controlled computing products. OpenPOWER preferred Without free speech (owner control), democracy cannot exist. 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
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The results are in, and a vast majority of you prefer our open firmware requirements. While this semi-official poll would not significantly influence our long-term goals, it's good to know we are working toward the kind of systems you all want to see.
Thank you to all who voted!
Since this has come up a couple times, we'd like to ask if our hard-line open firmware stance is what you all would like to see, or if the P10 concerns are relegated to specific users. Let us know below!
22%P0 blobs are OK at $3.5k+
61%No, I want open firmware!
17%Too costly to have blobs
226 votes • Final resultsWe have released a firmware update for our Talos II and Blackbird product lines. This update adds new hardware support to the bootloader and fixes a rare checkstop bug on Talos II. Full changelog is available at wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos… -- only the PNOR has been updated.
Downloads are here, the BMC and FPGA do not neeed to be updated, only the PNOR:
Talos II: wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos…
Blackbird: wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Black…
Let us know if you run into any issues!
IBM Begins Posting "PowerPC Future" Compiler Patches For What Is Likely Going To Be POWER11 phoronix.com/news/GCC-PowerP… via @phoronix
Bright future ahead for OpenPOWER and our fully open firmware, owner-controlled product lines!
We are pleased to announce @SolidSilicon as the silicon vendor for our next generation of high performance, fully owner controlled systems! Built using the open POWER ISA 3.1, these new machines will be direct upgrades for existing POWER9 systems.
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Come join us at #ocpsummit23 at the @latticesemi booth, #31A! Try a Blackbird #POWER9 secure desktop and see our Kestrel soft BMC solution in action!
Come join us at #ocpsummit23 ! We will be at the @OpenPOWERorg booth as well as the @latticesemi booth with#OpenPOWER goodness. Also planning a long anticipated announcement for 2024! We hope to see you there!
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Quick overview on Raptor Computing's Talos II Lite mainboard. This could be the easiest way to get into OpenPower Power9 architecture for hobbyists and enthusiasts alike.
youtu.be/41oNhiZZGpo
@RaptorCompSys #ppc64le #powerpc #power9 #OpenPower @OpenPOWERorg
Raptor Computing Sys retweeted
@RaptorCompSys
#OpenPOWER #IBM #POWER9 #PPC64le #PowerPC
stalker now running natively on POWER thanks to OpenXray.
The #Blackbird owner-controlled #POWER9 desktop mainboards and systems are now back in stock! Get yours today and take back control of your data!
Bundles:
raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/…
raptorcs.com/content/BK1B02/…
Systems:
raptorcs.com/content/BK1SD1/…
Raptor Computing Sys retweeted
#Blackbirds from @RaptorCompSys now available at the @vikingslibre (based in Germany) store for EU customers
store.vikings.net/en/blackbi…
#OpenPOWER #IBM #POWER9 #PPC64le #PowerPC
Raptor Computing Sys retweeted
it's @RaptorCompSys power9 ppc64le. and it's desktop form size, not only server. @runlevel__5 can help you porting it over to ppc64le
Stop by the #OpenPOWER booth at @Supercomputing for a hands-on Kestrel soft BMC and #Blackbird desktop demo, info on how to get free remote access to #POWER9 via the OPF Hub, and more!
Raptor Computing Sys retweeted
Well if you truly treasure freedom, you can run Mastodon on open and fully auditable hardware @RaptorCompSys Blackbird or Talos II. I can confirm NodeJS, Ruby/RoR and PostgreSQL working perfectly on Linux ppc64le.
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@RaptorCompSys @RaptorEng @phoronix Who said that you can't run Darktable 4 with OpenCL acceleration on a free-down-to-the-firmware ppc64 Talos 2 workstation? pastebin.com/qp3nngpA
We couldn't even dream of it if it wasn't for @karolherbst rusticl