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							|  |  | title: "#OpenPOWERChat Provides an update on Zaius + Barreleye G2"
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							|  |  | date: "2018-07-24"
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							|  |  |   - "featured"
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							|  |  | Adi Gangidi, lead Rackspace engineer on the Zaius / Barreleye G2 project joined the OpenPOWER Foundation for a Twitter Chat to discuss the project’s technology, features, performance and more.
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							|  |  | Here’s a recap of the conversation.
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							|  |  | ## When did Google and Rackspace begin collaborating on this project?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017499833492525056
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							|  |  | ## Why was POWER9 / OpenPOWER chosen for the Rackspace and Google collaboration?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017500640044609536
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017500956127350789
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017501658237100035
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							|  |  | ## What has the Zaius / Barreleye G2 development process involved?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017502258211229696
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017502513665363968
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							|  |  | ## What types of standard / new technology are included in the motherboard?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017505769686740992
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							|  |  | ## Why should anyone consider Zaius / Barreleye G2 or OpenPOWER servers over other alternatives?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017506221773946880
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017506569225998336
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							|  |  | ## How is the OpenCAPI ecosystem coming along? How can customers on the OpenPOWER platform take advantage of OpenCAPI?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017507096919724034
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017507739814285312
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017508149400670209
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							|  |  | ## How about the PCIe Gen4 ecosystem? How can consumers take advantage of it?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017508561063161857
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017508921844649984
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							|  |  | ## Why should someone consider this OpenPOWER platform for AI workloads?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017509547030843392
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017509669332496384
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							|  |  | ## How can the broader industry and other OpenPOWER members benefit from the work Rackspace is doing on this project?
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							|  |  | https://twitter.com/adi\_gangidi/status/1017510607585767424
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