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Revolutionizing the Datacenter
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Technical Steering Committee UpdateJeff Brown, TSC Chair
IBM, Emerging Product Development, IBM Academy of Technology member
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Topics
TSC and Workgroup Accomplishments• OpenPOWER Reference Design Bundle - Developer Platform Workgroup
• CAPI Related Specifications
• Power Processor Architecture
• OpenPOWER Document Development
2016 Focus • Resource Catalog
• OpenPOWER Memory Bus Specification
• Integrated Solutions Workgroup – Randall Ross Chair
• Additional Workgroups
OpenPOWER Ready™
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OpenPOWER Reference Design Bundle
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Dev Platform Workgroup – Workgroup Note Chair: Chuck Bartlett, Tyan Available on http://openpowerfoundation.org Single socket reference design Complete set of information including list and
pointers to various firmware items
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CAPI Related Specifications
Accelerator WG Chair – Allan Cantle, Nallatech
PSL/AFU Interface
• Power Service Layer (PSL)
• Accelerator Function Unit (AFU)
• Accelerator Workgroup Specification
Coherent Accelerator Interface Architecture (CAIA)
• HW Architecture Workgroup Specification
Available on http://openpowerfoundation.org
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Power Processor Architecture
Hardware Architecture Workgroup – Dr. Michael Gschwind, IBM Chair• OpenPOWER ISA Profile - Power® ISA 2.07b subset
Published as WG Specification
Beginning work on update based on recently released Power® ISA 3.0
• IO Device Architecture (IODA2) – PCIe® Host Bridge Published as WG Specification
Beginning work on update based on RFC from IBM for Power9
• Coherent Accelerator Interface Architecture – CAPI CAIA specification Published as WG Specification
Beginning work on update based on RFC from IBM for Power9™
System Software Workgroup – Jeff Scheel, IBM Chair• 64b Little Endian Application Binary Interface (64bLEABI)
Published with Apache 2.0 license – SYSSW WG managing future updates
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OpenPOWER Document Development
OpenSource tooling
• XML text source with docbook tags
• Github repositories for collaborative document development
• Maven processing to generate web ready html and pdf documents
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Topics
TSC and Workgroup Accomplishments• OpenPOWER Reference Design Bundle - Developer Platform Workgroup
• CAPI Related Specifications
• Power Processor Architecture
• OpenPOWER Document Development
2016 Focus • Resource Catalog
• OpenPOWER Memory Bus Specification
• Integrated Solutions Workgroup – Randall Ross Chair
• Additional Workgroups
OpenPOWER Ready™
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Resource Catalog
Generalized library capability for eco-system content
Categorization and search user interface
<URL>
WG specifications and Notes
Product information
Solution information
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OpenPOWER Memory Bus Specification
Memory WG Specification Draft
Chair: David Wang, Inphi Corp.
Abstract OPMB Compliant Memory System
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Integrated Solutions Workgroup
Chair: Randall Ross, Canonical
Focus: Identifying Integrated Solutions that would make good targets for OpenPOWER Foundation workgroups to develop / optimize an OpenPOWER solution.
Currently Looking at: Exploring the right scope and projects
• Machine Learning / Deep learning / Cognitive Computing
• Mobile Edge Computing
Join us and share your insights
Randall has organized an ISV Roundtable on Thursday
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Additional Workgroups
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Workgroup Focus
ComplianceSandra Woodward, IBM Chair
• OpenPOWER Architecture Compliance Definition published as WG Specification• Working to complete compliance criteria for the each WG Spec as it is approved. • Presented at the OpenPOWER Pavilion theater yesterday at 12:45pm
25GIO Compatibility Dan Dreps, IBM Chair
• 25Gbps PHY and DataLink Training Specification• Compatibility to multiple transport protocols on same Power9 physical IO
Personalized Medicine Dr. Zaid Al-Ars, Bluebee Chair
• Accelerating Cancer Diagnostics Pipelines Using Technologies of OpenPOWER• Presenting this afternoon at 4:55pm – Summit Room 220C
FSI Specification Thomas Pflueger, IBM Chair
• Robust service interface used in IBM Power chipset• Encouraging ecosystem members to develop / attach direct to FSI • Hardened FSI Slave or SoftFSI
IO Workgroup Rakesh Sharma, IBM Chair
• Enrich OpenPOWER IO offering, partner collaboration and workgroup assets• OpenPOWER I/O Porting Documentation, testing guidance
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Topics
TSC and Workgroup Accomplishments• OpenPOWER Reference Design Bundle - Developer Platform Workgroup
• CAPI Related Specifications
• Power Processor Architecture
• OpenPOWER Document Development
2016 Focus • Resource Catalog
• OpenPOWER Memory Bus Specification
• Integrated Solutions Workgroup – Randall Ross Chair
• Additional Workgroups
OpenPOWER Ready™
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Announcing OpenPOWER Ready™ !!
Ecosystem Products / solutions may display badge• Hardware and software
• Components, applications, and systems
• Development and validation tools
Participants request to use it!
Encourage product usage in ecosystem
Compatibility
OpenPOWER Ready™ List
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Satisfying OpenPOWER Ready™ Criteria
Show a product satisfies the criteria by:1. Self Assessment
2. Attending an OpenPOWER Plugfest and demonstrate completing the criteria publicly
3. A 3rd Party may be used to perform the evaluation (1 or 2) on behalf of the product owner
OpenPOWER Ready™ 2016 Definition and Criteria • Workgroup Note detailing the program
• <URL> pointing to webpage
OpenPOWER Ready™ Plugfest Preview• Friday 4/8, 8AM – 11AM Santa Clara II
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OpenPOWER Ready™ Request
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Owner (Company, etc)
Contact Name
Contact email
Product Name
Short Product Description
Tag String
Product info URL
Bitmap or vector graphic image
OpenPOWER Ready Category (system, IO, CAPI, OS, App, etc.)
Version of Criteria for Mark
Completed Checklist (for category)
ProductOpenPOWER READY Criteria Version
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OpenPOWER Ready™ Flow
Criteriax.y
Product
AssessComplete request / report and submit to OpenPOWERFoundation via email
Done?
Notify about missing parts
Create Ready_Record for resource catalog
Send notification to requester
OpenPOWER FoundationRequesting Entity
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OpenPOWER ReadyTM List
Already have nnn products displaying the mark!
Resource Catalog Search • Resource Type: OpenPOWER Ready
• Main Category: <System, IO, CAPI, OS, App> (optional)
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Join the OpenPOWER Foundation and Get Involved!
Be a supplier of OpenPOWER Ready products!
Thank You!