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---
title: coreboot and Heads as an alternative firmware for OpenPOWER Talos II
author: Krystian Hebel (3mdeb)
tags:
- openpower
- power9
- firmware
- coreboot
- hostboot
date: 2024-10-08
draft: false
---

This blog post presents coreboot ([spelled in lower case characters](https://doc.coreboot.org/#spelling-of-coreboot),
even when it is the first word in a sentence) and Heads as an alternative to
Hostboot and Skiroot/Petitboot, respectively. The project was extensive, a list
of changes (incomplete!) can be found in [this issue](https://github.com/linuxboot/heads/issues/1729).
The work was paid through [Open Collective funds](https://opencollective.com/3mdeb_com)
and Insurgo personal investments, as well as 3mdeb investment and [NGI0 PET fund](https://nlnet.nl/project/AccessibleSecurity/).
It took 3 years so far, with results available as part of [Dasharo firmware distribution](https://www.dasharo.com/).

As described on the [project's page](https://coreboot.org),

> coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and
> secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems.

{{< image src="blog/coreboot.png" width="900" height="900" >}}

It aims to do the bare minimum required to make the hardware usable and pass
the control to next program, called the payload. In case of Talos II, that
payload is Skiboot, with [few changes on top](https://github.com/Dasharo/skiboot/tree/raptor-cs_talos-2)
to make it play along with Heads.

Speaking of [Heads](https://github.com/linuxboot/heads), it is:

> a minimal Linux that (...) provides a secure, flexible boot environment for
laptops, workstations and servers.

Heads provides a bootloader menu that starts final operating system through
kexec call. This is very similar to what Petitboot does, but Heads puts
security above everything else.

It is possible to use coreboot without Heads, but not the other way around.
Heads depends on structures created by coreboot, which just aren't present when
booting with Hostboot.

## Building and flashing coreboot

To build coreboot image, follow the steps below:

1. Clone the coreboot repository:

```
git clone https://github.com/Dasharo/coreboot.git \
--depth=1 -b raptor-cs_talos-2/rel_v0.7.0
```

2. Start docker container:

```
cd coreboot
docker run --rm -it \
-v $PWD:/home/coreboot/coreboot \
-w /home/coreboot/coreboot \
-u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
coreboot/coreboot-sdk:0ad5fbd48d /bin/bash
```

3. Configure and start the build process inside of the container:

```
(docker) cp configs/config.raptor-cs-talos-2 .config
(docker) make olddefconfig
(docker) make
```
After image is built you can exit the container, either with `exit` or Ctrl+D.
To flash it to your platform:

0. Make sure you're running System Package v2.00, if not, get it from
[here](https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos_II/Firmware) and
[update/downgrade](https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Updating_Firmware#Updating_the_OpenPOWER_firmware).
Start the platform once so SEEPROM is also updated, then power off.

1. Copy images to BMC:

```
scp -O build/bootblock.signed.ecc root@<BMC_IP>:/tmp/bootblock.signed.ecc
scp -O build/coreboot.rom.signed.ecc root@<BMC_IP>:/tmp/coreboot.rom.signed.ecc
```

2. Log in to BMC through SSH:

```
ssh root@<BMC_IP>
```

3. Flash both partitions:

```
pflash -e -P HBB -p /tmp/bootblock.signed.ecc
pflash -e -P HBI -p /tmp/coreboot.rom.signed.ecc
```

4. Boot the platform as usual and enjoy coreboot running on Talos II:

[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/zkQV1KhxY4n6IrlzssuvFHHS5.svg)]https://asciinema.org/a/zkQV1KhxY4n6IrlzssuvFHHS5

## Building and flashing Heads

Reminder: Heads requires coreboot. Instructions above **must** be performed
before flashing Heads. It also requires a [compatible USB security dongle](https://osresearch.net/Prerequisites#usb-security-dongles-aka-security-token-aka-smartcard)
and TPM (more about it later).

> Technically, TPM isn't a hard requirement of Heads, however its usefulness
> without it is very limited, up to a point where it doesn't have any advantages
> over Petitboot.

1. Just as earlier, start with cloning the repository:

```
git clone https://github.com/Dasharo/heads.git \
--depth=1 -b raptor-cs_talos-2/release
```

2. Start docker container:

```
cd heads
docker run --rm -it \
-v $PWD:/home/heads/heads \
-w /home/heads/heads \
-u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
3mdeb/heads-docker:2.4.0 /bin/bash
```

3. Build:

```
(docker) make BOARD=talos-2
```

This will take a while, wait for it to finish and then exit the container. In
the process, a coreboot image will also be built, but with slightly different
configuration. For security and reproducible images, `BUILD_TIMELESS` is always
enabled. While it actually strips file paths, it also removes file names and
line numbers from asserts in the code. It makes reporting and debugging
potential issues harder, so we suggest using coreboot built manually, at least
for the time being.

Steps for flashing Heads are similar to those done for coreboot.

1. Copy the Heads binary to the BMC (assuming in the Heads root directory):

```
scp -O build/zImage.bundled root@<BMC_IP>:/tmp/zImage.bundled
```

2. Log in to the BMC:

```
ssh root@<BMC_IP>
```

3. Flash the BOOTKERNEL partition with Heads:

```
pflash -e -P BOOTKERNEL -p /tmp/zImage.bundled
```

Answer yes to the prompt and wait for the process to finish. After that, start
the platform and begin [configuring Heads](https://osresearch.net/Configuring-Keys/).

## PNOR emulation

Flash device can be emulated by BMC, which is something we were often using for
development and testing. This saves a lot of time which would be spent flashing,
as well as reduces the wear of flash device.

However, this still requires System Package v2.00, and if this is different than
what real flash holds, SEEPROM will have to be updated when switching between
physical and emulated image. Also, this approach doesn't survive BMC reboots and
power losses. BMC doesn't have enough space to keep full PNOR image in
non-volatile memory, so `tmpfs` must be used for emulation. Don't try to put
more than one image in `tmpfs` or BMC **will** run out of RAM, which most likely
will require manual power cycle.

To start, obtain full flash image, either by downloading it from
[RaptorCS release page](https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Talos_II/Firmware) or
reading from existing image on BMC with:

```
pflash -r /tmp/talos.pnor
```

After that, you can "flash" the partitions mentioned earlier by adding
additional parameters to use the file instead of physical flash:

```
pflash -f -P <partition> -p <image_file> -F /tmp/talos.pnor
```

Change `<partition>` to one of `HBB`, `HBI`, `BOOTKERNEL` and `<image_file>` to
`/tmp/bootblock.signed.ecc`, `/tmp/coreboot.rom.signed.ecc` or
`/tmp/zImage.bundled`, respectively.

To tell BMC to present the contents of this file as flash, run:

```
mboxctl --backend file:/tmp/talos.pnor
```

Sometimes this command fails with a timeout, in that case run it again until it
succeeds.

> We've noticed that sometimes, despite no error message printed, physical flash
> was used anyway. It is easy to spot when one copy has Hostboot and the other
> has coreboot, but it can be missed when both images have different versions of
> coreboot. It caused us few hours of unnecessary debugging of issues that were
> already fixed...

With the file now mounted, platform can be started. Host firmware and OS
shouldn't be able to tell the difference, except for different reported erase
block size and maybe different access times.

To get back to original flash, run:

```
mboxctl --backend vpnor
```

It will report an error (`Failed to post message: Connection timed out`), but
will revert to physical device nonetheless. This can be confirmed by checking
the output of `mboxctl --lpc-state`:

```
root@talos:~# mboxctl --lpc-state
LPC Bus Maps: Flash Device
```

Since the file is now the full image with coreboot (and optionally Heads), it
can be simply written to flash, should you choose to accept it:

```
pflash -E -p /tmp/talos.pnor
```

## Noticeable differences between Hostboot and coreboot

For those wondering why we even started this project, here are some of the
differences between Hostboot and coreboot.

First of all, coreboot uses C, while Hostboot was written in C++. The latter can
be viewed as a complete operating system - it can use multiple threads
simultaneously, manages virtual memory and uses memory swapping (even before RAM
is trained). Each major [istep](https://wiki.raptorcs.com/w/images/b/bd/IPL-Flow-POWER9.pdf)
(IPL Step, which in turn stands for Initial Program Load) is a separate
application, with some common dynamically loaded libraries. coreboot, on the
other hand, runs all of the code in just 3 separate stages - bootblock, romstage
and ramstage. This allows for tighter linking process, which reduces the final
size of the code.

Another significant difference is reduced amount of RAS (Reliability,
Availability, Serviceability) features enabled in coreboot. Talos II is often
used as a workstation, and while RAS has its uses in servers (it is preferred
to start with partially working hardware than not starting at all), for home
users booting fast is usually more important. Because of that coreboot doesn't
support bad DQ masking for DRAM, it can also optionally skip initial RAM
scrubbing. Because of these reasons, as well as smaller size of code in general,
booting coreboot is significantly faster than Hostboot - some preliminary
results can be found [here](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/blob/main/devnotes/user_perspective.md).

Another technical difference is the way data is passed to Skiboot. Hostboot uses
HDAT - a format specific to this particular firmware. For coreboot, a device
tree conforming to a well-defined specification is used. In fact, Skiboot
internally converts HDAT to device tree anyway. At the moment, some information
is not presented by coreboot (https://github.com/Dasharo/dasharo-issues/issues/446,
https://github.com/Dasharo/dasharo-issues/issues/32), but those seem to be
rather cosmetic than anything else - if you know about something that requires
those pieces of information to be present, let us know.

## TPM

TPM is an integral part of security mechanisms added by Heads. As existing I2C
TPMs were [hard to obtain](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/blob/main/devnotes/tpm_over_i2c.md)
at the time we were working on this part of the project, and LPC TPMs couldn't
be used [due to the way POWER9 processor exposed access to LPC bus](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/blob/main/devnotes/tpm_over_lpc.md#tpm-over-lpc-interface),
we had to [consider other options](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/blob/main/devnotes/tpm.md).

The solution we ended up with was to create our own [I2C TPM 1.2 module](https://docs.dasharo.com/variants/talos_2/tpm-support/),
based on Infineon SLB9645TT1.2 chip. This chip isn't supported by drivers in
Hostboot and upstream Skiboot, to make use of it you have to use coreboot and
Dasharo's fork of Skiboot.

{{< image src="blog/TPM-1.2-Talos-II.jpg" >}}

## Links and references

Here are some links to documentation related to this project:

- [main user documentation page](https://docs.dasharo.com/variants/talos_2/overview/)
- [release notes and binaries](https://docs.dasharo.com/variants/talos_2/releases/)
- [list of known issues](https://github.com/Dasharo/dasharo-issues/labels/raptor-cs_talos-2),
if you want to create new issue remember to add proper tag
- [scripts for dumping debug data and logs](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/tree/main/devnotes/scripts)
- [dump of SCOM accesses and other debug output divided by isteps](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/tree/main/logs/scom_dumps)
- [other uncategorized developer notes](https://github.com/3mdeb/openpower-coreboot-docs/blob/main/devnotes)
- [Open Source Firmware Slack channel dedicated to coreboot on OpenPOWER](https://osfw.slack.com/archives/C01BHE47JSW)

We invite you to test for yourselves and share the results, both good and bad,
either on channels listed above or in issue.

The OpenPOWER Talos II running coreboot and heads was presented on Open Source
Firmware Conference 2024 in Bochum, Germany. Video from the presentaion is
availabel at [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1007701325).

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---
title: OCP China Day 2023
author: Inspur Power Systems
tags:
- openpower
- OCP
- opensource
- conference
date: 2023-08-25
draft: false
---

This guest blog, from IPS, has been translated from the [original post](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Vh291sS8XrIvyGFumM4qqA)

OCP China Day 2023 | Inspur Power Commercial Systems (IPS) joins hands with OPF to accelerate the implementation of POWER open source, open innovation

{{< image src="blog/OCP_China_Blog_image1.jpeg" >}}

On August 10, the 2023 Open Computing China Community Technology Summit (OCP China Day 2023) with the theme of "Open Momentum: Intelligent, Scalable, and Sustainable" was held in Beijing. In the age of wisdom, computing diversification, application diversification, and technological complexity are driving a new round of transformation in the data center. The open source and open community has become an important force to promote continuous innovation in the data center. Through global collaboration and innovation, we will work together to solve the problem of data center infrastructure. Major issues such as iteration and sustainable development.

Five open communities gather, to break the boundaries through open innovation

{{< image src="blog/OCP_China_Blog_image2.jpeg" caption="Meow Yee, President of the OpenPOWER Foundation" >}}

The deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, as well as the digital world and the physical world, is driving data centers to accelerate innovation. However, increasingly complex technologies and new applications make it increasingly difficult for information technology service providers and enterprises to control the comprehensive innovation of data centers. Various open source and open communities with global collaboration as the core purpose have emerged as the times require, and have gradually become an important force for data center innovation.

In consideration of the coordinated development of data center software and hardware, cross-community cooperation has been increasingly valued by open source community leaders and members. This summit brought together community leaders from five open communities and organizations, including OCP, OCTC Open Computing Standard Working Committee, OpenPOWER Foundation (OPF), Dragon Lizard Community, and CXL Technology Alliance , to discuss how to build a highly collaborative software and hardware environment from different perspectives.

Meow Yee, President of the OpenPOWER Foundation (OPF) , said that open computing makes hardware agile innovation possible, and its value has been repeatedly verified in the past ten years. The OpenPOWER Foundation is committed to fully exploring the leading technical advantages of OpenPOWER-related assets such as Power ISA, Open FirmWare, and Power Cores, actively uniting member organizations all over the world, and building a more open, collaborative and win-win ecosystem, which not only accelerates innovation in the open hardware industry, but also at the same time supports and accelerates the innovation of open source software.

As digital technology becomes more and more complex, the progress of the community depends on inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of open source and open collaboration. Through a friendly and smooth collaborative development process and a complete community governance mechanism, while strengthening cross-community cooperation and sharing, and constantly expanding the boundaries of innovation.

**Open Computing Accelerates Hardware Innovation, and expands the OpenPOWER Technology Ecosystem**

The rise of open computing has greatly accelerated the pace of hardware innovation. The unique mode of technological innovation and unique design thinking are the core of open computing's continuous growth, while the construction of standards is the basis for the implementation of open computing. Thanks to open computing's equal emphasis on the development of technology and standards, more and more users can enjoy the dividends of open technology, and the spirit of open source and open collaboraiton becomes more deeply rooted within the technology community.

In fact, more and more OCP community members and users are paying more and more attention to technical solutions for sustainable development of data centers, and sustainable development has become a community consensus. The OpenPOWER Foundation promotes open innovation through core technologies such as open processors, memory interconnection interfaces, and peripheral device interconnection interfaces, as well as specifications, compliance testing, and product SIGs, and provides open hardware and software services for more than 300 members. , to jointly build the POWER ecosystem, promote community collaboration, and achieve sustainable development.

With the open source of POWER Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), POWER has become the only commercial architecture with a completely open system in the industry. Relying on POWER technology, IPS participates in OpenPOWER server design and development, OpenCAPI, and OMI design technology standards, to fully exploit POWER's leading enterprise-level computing capabilities. IPS has also designed and developed three generations of POWER products covering distributed storage, high-performance computing, high-density computing, big data computing and other fields. The Inspur K1 Power FP series servers accelerate the implementation of Power architecture innovations.

{{< image src="blog/OCP_China_Blog_image3.jpeg" caption="Yang Xu Deputy General Manager of Inspur Power Commercial Systems" >}}

The new-generation Inspur K1 Power FP5280G3 server, which adopts industry-leading dual-chip module technology and many other innovative technologies, also appeared in the OCP China Day exhibition area, which can flexibly respond to application requirements such as "general computing, large-capacity storage, hierarchical storage, and IO-intensive" , favored by the participants.

{{< image src="blog/OCP_China_Blog_image4.jpeg" caption="The new generation of Inspur K1 Power FP5280G3 server attracts attention" >}}

As a member of the OpenPOWER Foundation, Hexin Technology Co., Ltd., has developed leading high-end server processor chips for both domestic and international markets, based on the fully open source POWER architecture, and integrating the latest innovation of POWER processor technologies. The HX-C series has a leading virtualization platform and heterogeneous expansion capabilities. Inspur Power Commercial Systems has joined hands with Hexin Technology to create Inspur K1 Power CP series nationally-produced servers based on HX-C domestic processors, which will further promote the high-quality development of China's ICT industry.

{{< image src="blog/OCP_China_Blog_image6.jpeg" caption="Xu Yue Hexin Technology Co., Ltd. chip business leader" >}}

Driven by the idea of collaborative development of software and hardware, the integration of open source software and open hardware is accelerating, and open source technology will profoundly change the division of labor and cooperation mode of the global IT industry. In the future, more and more cross-community cooperation will further break the boundaries of innovation, and endow infinite possibilities for business innovation with a more open data center.

Since 2019, OCP China Day has become an annual event where industry leaders discuss open computing technology and innovation. This summit is hosted by OCP, the world's largest open computing community, and organized by Inspur Information. It focuses on issues such as data center infrastructure innovation and sustainable development, open computing innovation and ecological construction, and community collaborative innovation . Community leaders including the Committee, OpenPOWER Foundation (OPF), Dragon Lizard Community, CXL Technology Alliance, etc., technical experts, industry experts, and more than a thousand IT engineers and data center practitioners participated in the conference.

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---
title: OpenROAD and OpenPOWER Microwatt core for low-power ASIC applications
author: Ganesan Narayanasamy
tags:
- openpower
- adg
- academic
- openroad
date: 2024-01-25
draft: false
---
# OpenROAD and OpenPOWER - Microwatt core for low-power ASIC applications

## OpenPOWER for Energy-efficient applications

The [OpenPOWER](https://openpowerfoundation.org) microwatt processor is an open-source soft process core implementation of the IBM [POWER ISA](https://openpowerfoundation.org/specifications/isa/) architecture that is designed to be highly energy-efficient. This processor is an example of the growing trend of designing low-power processors that can be used in a variety of applications, including mobile devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more.

### Microwatt
Microwatt is a multi-core processor capable of running at up to 2.3 GHz and using the Power ISA v3.0 specification. It can run on lower cost FPGAs. It has a memory management unit, privilege modes, interrupts, a floating-point unit, an interrupt controller and a level-2 cache, so that it can boot Linux.

The Microwatt processor was implemented using the [OpenROAD](https://theopenroadproject.org/) native design flow - [OpenROAD-flow-scripts](https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts) . It is available as part of the EDA cloud native solution in OpenPOWER. OpenROAD delivers an autonomous, No-Human-In-Loop, fully-integrated RTL-GDSII flow for the design of digital integrated circuits across a range of technologies. OpenROAD includes specific features for low power design that enabled the design to specification for Microwatt.

## Microwatt Design Flow using OpenROAD

The figures below show the OpenROAD flow using [OpenROAD-flow-scripts](https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts)

### OpenROAD High-level Flow

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image1.png" >}}

### OpenROAD Flow Scripts - A detailed Physical Implementation Flow

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image2.png" >}}

## Design Methodology

Microwatt was implemented using Skywater130nm (What production versions are supported- Is there a link to share about it? It consists of 6 macros and over 800K standard cells.

The hardware description for Microwatt was defined using Verilog in OpenPOWER. The RTL was synthesized in OpenROAD using Yosys to obtain a power-efficient mapping. [OpenSTA](https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenSTA) is an integrated and incremental timing and power analysis engine built into OpenROAD.

### Synthesis
The OpenROAD flow uses a synthesized netlist from Yosys to transform the RTL into an elaborated design with corresponding technology mapped primitives to generate an optimized netlist based on the input on specified timing constraints. This netlist was used to create the floorplan for detailed physical implementation.

### Placement and Routing

#### Floorplan Import design

Microwatt has 6 macros that were placed using the automatic macro placement in ORFS.

- RAM512 1 392.925
- RAM32 1RW1R
- Multiply_add_64x64
- RAM32_1RW1R
- Microwatt_FP_DFFRFile
- Multiply_add_64x64

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image3.png" >}}

macro placement

### Power Distribution

There are 5 metal layers in total in Microwatt. Metal 1 is horizontal and M2 is vertical followed by M3, M4 and M5 in horizontal direction. Power distribution is using M1, M4 and M5. The M1 layer is horizontal on the standard cell rails to enable power for the standard cells. VIA2 and VIA3 power vias are dropped. M4 power stripes and M5 power stripes are drawn. An alternate pattern of VSS and VDD pattern is followed

The figure below shows the PDN grid generated.

This is the complete PDN of the floor plan.

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image4.png" >}}

### Placement

Global Placement places standard cells to minimize wire length and avoid congestion during routing. Detailed placement further legalizes standard cell placement to remove overlaps and fix orientation for optimal routing. This step also includes the use of the resizer to optimize timing using techniques like buffer insertion, sizing, pin swapping etc.

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image5.png" >}}
Figure: Placement Density View

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image6.png" >}}

Figure: Placement Optimization by Resizer

### Clock Tree Synthesis

ORFS automatically synthesizes clock trees to meet timing constraints and inserts buffers as needed to balance skew on high fanout nets. Filler cells are also added to meet manufacturing density requirements.

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image7.png" >}}

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image8.png" >}}
Figure: ext_clk Clock Tree Viewer

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image9.png" >}}

Figure: jtag_tck Clock Tree Viewer

### Timing Analysis

OpenROAD includes a built-in STA engine that is used to incrementally analyze timing at various flow stages. The GUI enables easy visualization of timing paths and setup/hold checks.

Shown below are post-CTS timing views for setup and hold times.

#### Setup Timing Path

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image10.png" >}}
Figure: Setup Timing Path

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image11.png" >}}

Figure: Hold Timing Path

#### Routing

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image12.png" >}}
Figure: Routing Congestion View

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image13.png" >}}

Figure: Detail Routing

#### Show CTS after detailed placement.

CTS is shown below by highlighting the clock nets before and after CTS

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image14.png" >}}
Figure: ext_clk source CTS

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image15.png" >}}

Figure: jtag tck source CTS

#### How was timing optimization done using the resizer repair commands?

Using resizer commands the following is done at the placement step. The details are available in 3_4_resizer.log

1) 51 input buffers are added
2) 87 output buffers are added
3) 7237 buffers are added in 9711 nets
4) 23377 instances are resized

#### What tradeoffs were made for timing vs power?

We optimize for timing and less so for power. We do have some power recovery features in development that should be available soon.

#### Where is the static IR estimation report?

In 6_report.log when using ORFS

#### Did you run a simulation for power analysis?

We can provide a VCD (toggle counts) from simulation for improved accuracy. OR doesn't do simulation itself.

#### What kind of signoff was used to verify final timing and power (PrimeTime, Calibre etc.)

We have not done any signoff for final timing and power using Prime Time & Calibre.Only OpenROAD flow is being executed.

### Physical Verification

Once the physical layout (i.e., the GDS file) is complete, the design is ready for final verification and sign-off. This involves running a series of tests to ensure that the design meets all of the necessary requirements and specifications. Any issues that are found can be addressed, and the design can be re-synthesized and re-implemented until it meets all of the necessary criteria.

Finally, the design is ready for fabrication. The GDSII layout file is sent to a foundry, where the physical chip is manufactured. Once the chip is fabricated, it can be assembled into a larger system or device, such as a mobile phone or IoT device.

{{< image src="blog/openroad_image16.png" >}}

Figure: Microwatt Layout generated through OpenROAD

## Results

Showcase results here. Final GDSII. Power and Timing achieved, run times and state the potential for such application development for the future.


Worstcase voltage:1.80e+00 V
Average IR Drop : 4.62e-04 V
Worstcase IR Drop: 1.95e-03 V

As a result, it is possible to create highly efficient and effective microwatt processors that can be used in a variety of different devices and applications, from mobile phones to IoT devices and beyond. The combination of the OpenPOWER microwatt processor and the OpenROAD design flow represents a powerful toolset for designers looking to create low-power, high-performance processors for modern electronics.

@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
---
title: Solid Silicon Joins OpenPOWER Foundation
categories:
- blogs
tags:
- openpower
- openpower-foundation
- linux-foundation
- open-source
- cloud
- open-source-hardware
- member
date: 2024-06-13
draft: false
---

Today, we are pleased to announce that Solid Silicon, a fabless semiconductor company based in Colorado, US, has joined the OpenPOWER Foundation as a Platinum member.

The OpenPOWER Foundation is committed to an open, community-driven technology development process, which is critical to the continued growth of open collaboration around the POWER architecture.

"_OpenPOWER Foundation is pleased to welcome Solid Silicon to the foundation and our community, and looks forward to our collaboration in community-driven open development that broadens customer computing choice_", said [James Kulina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-kulina/), Executive Director, OpenPOWER Foundation.

Solid Silicon Corporation is developing open source software and secure chip designs based on standardized, self-sovereign, future-proof silicon to give developers the ability to own, control, and trust their computing devices down to the silicon.

Solid Silicon currently is [developing](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/solid-silicon_raptor-computing-sys-on-x-activity-7121183443475992576-kq_A?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) two new silicon devices based on the OpenPOWER ISA. The first is the X-class chip line that targets Edge/IoT applications while the second line, the S-class chip, targets Data Center applications. Both chip lines will adopt the latest POWER ISA 3.1 specifications leading to new product capabilities within the OpenPOWER ecosystem.

"_Solid Silicon's OpenPOWER CPUs are built on and fully comply with the open, standardized POWER ISA administered by the OpenPOWER Foundation. This commitment to open standards ensures that our customers benefit from the latest advancements in processor technology, while also providing the transparency and security that comes from an open and unified software ecosystem. In our view, the vendor-neutral approach to ISA standardization that the OpenPOWER Foundation provides is crucial to both avoiding vendor lock-in and ensuring a diverse software ecosystem while simultaneously ensuring long-term application compatibility._", said [Tim Pearson](https://www.linkedin.com/company/solid-silicon/), CTO and Founder.

"_At a fundamental level, akin to public cryptography, the entire OpenPOWER architecture and standard are open, auditable, and completely verifiable. With Solid Silicon's firmware, software, and tools also being fully open source, our customers benefit immensely by deploying self-sovereign silicon solutions from the edge to the data center. We are thrilled to partner with the OpenPOWER Foundation to foster and expand this incredible developer community_", says [Todd Rooke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrooke/), CEO and Founder.

The OpenPOWER Foundation looks forward to collaborating with Solid Silicon
in developing new and exciting POWER based silicon through open standards and community driven collaboration.

Learn more about [Solid Silicon](https://solidsilicon.com).

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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title: "David Calderwood"
position: "President"
weight: 100
position: "Director"
weight: 3000
date: 2023-03-29
start: 2023-03-27
end: 2025-03-27

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weight: 1000
date: 2021-03-03
start: 2020-03-30
end: 2022-02-28
end: 2023-02-28
draft: false
---

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
---
title: "James Kulina"
position: "Executive Director"
weight: 150
weight: 100
date: 2021-03-03
start: 2020-03-30
end: 2034-12-31

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
---
title: "Meow Yee"
position: "Director"
weight: 1000
position: "President"
weight: 10
date: 2023-03-29
start: 2023-03-27
end: 2025-03-27

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weight: 1000
date: 2021-03-03
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end: 2023-12-31
end: 2034-12-31
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---

@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
---
title: "Timothy Pearson"
position: "Chairman"
weight: 1
date: 2024-06-27
start: 2024-06-14
end: 2026-06-14
position: "Director"
weight: 3000
date: 2021-03-03
start: 2021-01-30
end: 2023-03-27
draft: false
---

@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---
title: "IBM TechXchange 2024"
eventdates:
from: 2024-10-21
eventplace: San Jose, CA
register: https://reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/techxchange24/reg/
schedule: https://reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/techxchange24/sessioncatalog/page/sessioncatalog?tab.sessioncatalogtabs=option_1601178495160
date: 2024-10-17
draft: false
---

The OpenPOWER Foundation is participating at [IBM TechXchange 2024 event](https://www.ibm.com/community/ibm-techxchange-conference/). We will be giving a talk on in the OSS track with our member company [Solid Silicon](https://solidsilicon.com/desktop/index.html), who is developing next generation POWER processors.

Come to our talk on Monday Oct. 21st.
[Open Comuting Built on OpenPOWER](https://reg.tools.ibm.com/flow/ibm/techxchange24/sessioncatalog/page/sessioncatalog?search=open%20source&tab.sessioncatalogtabs=option_1601178495160#:~:text=computing%20built%20on-,OpenPOWER,-%5B4158%5D)

OpenPOWER will also be showcasing within the IBM POWER booth. Please stop by and say Hello!








@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---
title: "Open Compute North American Summit 2024"
eventdates:
from: 2024-10-15
eventplace: San Jose, CA
register: https://2024ocpregional.fnvirtual.app/
schedule: https://2024ocpregional.fnvirtual.app/a/schedule/
date: 2024-09-16
draft: false
---

The OpenPOWER Foundation is a sponsor with booth #C52. We will be sharing our booth with [Solid Silicon](https://solidsilicon.com/desktop/index.html), who is developing next generation POWER processors. Stop by and say hello!

[OCP24 registration link](https://www.opencompute.org/summit/global-summit/registration)


The OCP Summit is the premier event uniting the most forward-thinking minds in open IT Ecosystem development. The Summit presents a unique platform for our Community from around the globe to share their insights, foster partnerships and showcase cutting-edge advancements in open hardware and software.

The 2024 OCP Global Summit theme is "From Ideas to Impact". This encapsulates the transformative journey at the heart of the Open Compute Project. This year's theme reflects OCP's commitment to fostering innovation that transcends theoretical discussions and manifests into real-world solutions. As the pace of technological evolution accelerates and development cycles shorten, our industry is forced to rapidly respond to emerging trends and needs. By harnessing the collective expertise of our global community, we turn visionary ideas into groundbreaking technologies that drive openness, efficiency, sustainability, scalability and growth in the data center industry. Our focus honors the relentless pursuit of progress and the profound impact that OCP's community-driven innovation can achieve. OCP transforms concepts into impactful advancements.




@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---
title: "Open Compute Regional Summit 2024 - Future Technologies Symposium"
eventdates:
from: 2024-04-24
eventplace: Lisbon, Portugal
register: https://2024ocpregional.fnvirtual.app/
schedule: https://2024ocpregional.fnvirtual.app/a/schedule/
date: 2024-04-21
draft: false
---

The OCP Regional Summit in Europe serves as a platform where technical and business leaders from EMEA come together to tackle crucial issues related to data center sustainability, energy efficiency, and heat reuse. The focus is on exploring how innovations from hyperscale data center operators can contribute to solving these challenges. The Summit also highlights deployments of specific OCP-recognized data center equipment in the EMEA region.

```
OPF FTS Talk
Time: 3:55pm – 4:15pm
Location: Lisbon Congress Centre
```

The OpenPOWER Foundation will be sharing a talk with Jabil in the Future Technologies Symposium.

"Large Memory Server Design Overview"
Abstract:
With the advancement of AI workloads and their increasingly large data set requirements, the need for high memory capacity and density is becoming paramount for the industry. There have been advances in memory connectivity that promise to deliver solutions that will meet these needs. This specification shows a design that utilizes two of these technologies, OpenCAPI Memory Interface (OMI) and Compute Express Link (CXL), to deliver from 24TB to a potentially jaw-dropping 32TB of memory in an air-cooled, single socket OCP DC-MHS inspired 19’’ 2U chassis. This design solution, a collaboration between the OpenPower Foundation, Jabil Inc.,Raptor Computing Systems, SAP, and Wooden Data Center, is currently in the design phase. In this specification, physical limitations, interconnects, and power/thermal constraints will be highlighted. The end goal would be to contribute this design specification to the OCP community.

{{< youtube 3UOMUHFFYvQ >}}

[Video Recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UOMUHFFYvQ)

@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
---
title: "Open Hardware and Software Mini Summit at the Open Source Summit North America"
eventdates:
from: 2024-04-15
eventplace: Seattle, US
register: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/register/
schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F6hJQL8nU538OlGDGiOcrvSGuDMbCbK4R37qGrq5qSg/edit?usp=sharing
date: 2024-03-06
draft: false
---

```
Time: 1:00pm – 5:45pm
Location: Seattle Convention Center | Summit
Registration Cost: $15
```


This half day program will Introduce the audience to the many aspects of open source hardware and software development, and how it is helping the industry to accelerate beyond what Moore’s law has predicted.


Talks will cover numerous aspects of hardware / software development and provide motivation to learn more about the challenges of open hardware and software design together.


Agenda:

- How can software developers help keep Moore’s law alive?
- Open Hardware Design: Lessons Learned from OSS
- Understanding hardware security vulnerabilities : Hardware Bill of Materials
- Scaling hardware design: squeezing every bit of performance of the open source OpenROAD ASIC toolchain
- Accelerating EDA Flows in the AWS Cloud
- An Introduction to RISC-V
- Accelerating the RISC-V Software Development Ecosystem
- Caliptra: open source Root of Trust
- Getting “Ware” You Need to Go – Managing OpenPOWER Hardware with Software (Part 1)
- Getting “Ware” You Need to Go – AI Software on OpenPOWER Hardware (Part 2)

@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
title: 'High-Performance-Computing SIG'
wgtype: sig
image: thumb-3.jpg
#chair:
#- allancantle
chair:
- allancantle
participation: Public
date: 2021-03-15
draft: false

@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'Instruction Set Architecture TWG'
wgtype: twg
image: thumb-5.jpg
chair:
- bradfrey
- paulmackerras
participation: Members
git: https://git.openpower.foundation/isa/
discussion: https://discuss.openpower.foundation/c/twg/isa

@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: 'LibreBMC SIG'
wgtype: sig
image: thumb-6.jpg
chair:
- jaremykerr
- toddrosedahl
- karolgugala
participation: Public
git: https://git.openpower.foundation/librebmc/

@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ title: 'Memory SIG'
wgtype: sig
image: thumb-1.jpg
chair:
- pierreluccantin
- curtwollbrink
participation: Members
date: 2021-03-15

@ -4,18 +4,15 @@ member: oregonstateuniversity
projects:
- Open Source
provides:
- Bare Metal Machine
- Virtual Machine
- Bare Metal Machine (coming soon)
- Virtual Machine (via OpenStack; with GPU)
- Container (via OpenShift; with FPGA; coming soon)
addons:
- none
- Nvidia V100 GPU
- Nvidia T4 GPU
- OpenCAPI Alpha Data 9H3 FPGA
- Nvidia V100 GPU (VM)
- OpenCAPI Alpha Data 9H3 FPGA (container)
systems:
- POWER9
sponsors:
- mellanox
- oracle
opnstkflavors:
standard:
- name: "oph.c1m4.d20"
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disk: 240
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- Alma Linux 9
- Alpine
- CentOS Stream 9 (GPU)
- Debian 11
- Debian 12
- Fedora [latest]
- Ubuntu 20.04 (GPU)
- Ubuntu 22.04 (GPU)
- Ubuntu 24.04 (GPU)
standard:
- CentOS Stream 8
- CentOS Stream 9
- Debian 10
- Debian 11
- Fedora [latest]
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
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- CentOS Stream 8
- CentOS Stream 9
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
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- Alma Linux 9
- Rocky Linux 9
gpuenabled:
- Alma Linux 8
- Alma Linux 9
- Rocky Linux 9
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@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ intro:
become-member:
title: Become a Member
options:
- title: Individual membership
text: as Personal Individual member
- title: Individual Personal membership
text: Individual membership
cta_url: 'https://enrollment.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/?individual&project=openpowerfoundation'
cta_text: Join as an Individual Member
image: individualmembers.jpg
- title: Legal Entity membership
text: Corporate and Associate/Academic member
- title: Corporate, Associate & Academic membership
text: Corporate and Associate/Academic membership
cta_url: 'https://enrollment.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/?project=openpowerfoundation'
cta_text: Join as a Corporate or Associate/Academic Member
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@ -1,32 +1,35 @@
---
title: 'Membership Benefits'
date: 2023-06-06
date: 2023-06-05
draft: false
---

Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER.
Membership levels are designed for those who are investing in growing and enhancing the OpenPOWER community and its proliferation within the industry.

| OpenPOWER Foundation Membership Matrix | Individual | Associate | Academic | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|----------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| Working Group Participation | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Ability to Lead Working Groups | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Ability to Lead Committees | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| OPF HUB Dedicated Resource | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Social Media Spotlight | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | 1/month | 1/month | 2/month | 4/month |
| OPF Guest Blog Post | {{<x>}} | 1/year | 4/year | 4/year | 8/year | unlimited |
| Use of OPF Trademark for commercialization | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Priority in OPF Workshops and Hackathons | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Specifications Approved by the Board | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Draft Specifications in development | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Petition TSC to create a new workgroup or project | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Exhibit opportunities as OPF-hosted and exhibiting events | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member logo featured on the website | name only | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member logo featured on the website homepage | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member name inclusion in Press Releases | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | 1/year | 2/year | 4/year |
| Final Approval of New Projects | <span>Board membership required</span> |
| Final Approval and Voting of IP and Specifications | <span>Board membership required</span> |
| Manage the Future Direction of the Organization | <span>Board membership required</span> |
| OpenPOWER Foundation Membership Matrix | Associate | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|---------|----------|
| Working Group Participation | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Ability to Lead WG | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| OPF HUB Dedicated Resource | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Social Media Spotlight | {{<v>}} | 1/month | 2/month | 3/month |
| OPF Guest Blog Post | {{<v>}} | 3/year | unlimited | unlimited |
| Use of OPF Trademark for commercialization | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Priority in OPF Workshops and Hackathons | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Specifications Approved by the Board | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Draft Specifications in development | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Petition TSC to create a new workgroup or project | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Exhibit opportunities as OPF-hosted and exhibiting events | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Specifications Approved by the Board | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Draft Specifications in development | {{<v>}} | 1+ | 2+ | 2+ |
| Petition TSC to create a new workgroup or project | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Marketing Committee Participation | {{<x>}} | 5% | 10% | 20% |
| Member logo featured on the website | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member logo featured on the website homepage | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member name inclusion in Press Releases | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | 1/year | 2/year |
| Final Approval of New Projects | <span>Board membership required</span> |
| Final Approval and Voting of IP and Specifications | <span>Board membership required</span> |
| Manage the Future Direction of the Organization | <span>Board membership required</span> |

<span style="font-size: 10px;">
The information in this chart is subject to change by OpenPOWER Foundation without notice.

@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
title: Membership Levels
date: 2023-05-10
date: 2022-01-03
draft: false
---

@ -13,15 +13,16 @@ The OpenPOWER Foundation is a 501c6 not-for-profit entity with a Board of Direct

OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic memberships

- Annual fee and dedicated full-time equivalent (FTEs) – verification of committed number of FTEs on honor system
- Contributors, committers, Work Group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee
- Associate/Academic level is not available to corporations


| Membership Level | Annual Fee | Technical Steering Committee | Board/Voting Position |
| Membership Level | Annual Fee | FTEs | Technical Steering Committee | Board/Voting Position |
|------------------|------------|------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Platinum | $100k | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position |
| Gold | $60k | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members |
| Silver | $20k,<br>$5k if <100 employees,<br> $1k if < 10 employees | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | One board seat elected by all Silver members |
| Associate, Academic, Community | $0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | May be elected to one community observer, non-voting Board seat |
| Platinum | $100k | 10 | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position |
| Gold | $60k | 3 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members |
| Silver | $20k<br>$5k if <300 employees<br>$0 if < 300 employees and an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) or for Open Source Community Projects | 0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | One board seat elected by all Silver members |
| Associate and Academic | $0 | 0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | May be elected to one community observer, non-voting Board seat |

<span style="font-size: 10px;">Fee in US dollars</span>

@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ level: silver
image: antmicro.png
country: "Poland"
joined: 2020
cancelled: 2022-12-31
date: 2021-03-15
draft: false
---

@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ country: USA
link: https://www.broadcom.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
cancelled: 2022-12-31
date: 2021-03-31
draft: false
---

@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ country: USA
link: https://axiado.com
level: silver
joined: 2022
cancelled: 2024-07-05
date: 2022-10-16
draft: false
---

@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ country: Italy
link: https://axyon.ai/
level: silver
joined: 2019
cancelled: 2024-07-23
date: 2021-03-31
draft: false
---

@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ link: https://www.bioretics.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31
cancelled: 2024-06-27
draft: false
---

@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ link: https://www.codee.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31
cancelled: 2024-06-05
draft: false
---

@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ link: https://www.emdion.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31
cancelled: 2024-06-19
draft: false
---

@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
---
title: FreeBSD Foundation
image: freebsdlogo.jpg
#image:
link: https://freebsd.org
level: associate
joined: 2021
date: 2023-07-19
date: 2021-12-26
draft: false
---

@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ link: https://www.google.com
level: platinum
country: United States of America
joined: 2013
cancelled: 2023-12-31
date: 2021-03-02
draft: false
---

@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ country: USA
link: https://www.hefechip.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
cancelled: 2022-12-31
date: 2021-03-31
draft: false
---

@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Inspur Power Systems
image: inspur-power-systems.png
level: silver
country: China
link: http://www.k1powersystems.com/
link: https://www.inspursystems.com
joined: 2017
date: 2021-03-03
draft: false

@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ link: https://juliacomputing.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31
cancelled: 2024-07-02
draft: false
----

@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
title: Loyola Institute of Technology
image: loyolainstitute.png
country: India
link: https://www.lit.edu.in/
level: academic
joined: 2017
date: 2021-03-31
draft: false
---

@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: "Microsemi"
image: microsemi.jpg
country: USA
joined: 2015
cancelled: 2023-01-01
level: silver
date: 2021-03-30
draft: false

@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
title: Power Maroc
image: powerm.png
country: Morocco
link: https://powerm.ma/
level: silver
joined: 2024
date: 2024-01-01
draft: false
---

@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---
title: POWER Progress Community
image: powerprogresscommunitylogo.jpg
link: https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/
level: associate
joined: 2020
date: 2023-07-19
draft: false
---

@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ level: gold
country: United States of America
joined: 2017
date: 2021-03-02
draft: true
draft: false
---

@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ link: https://yiyuan.ai/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31
cancelled: 2024-07-03
draft: false
---

@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---
title: Solid Silicon
image: solidsilicon.png
country: USA
link: https://solidsilicon.com
level: platinum
joined: 2024
date: 2024-05-18
draft: false
---

Solid Silicon Corporation is a fabless silicon company developing open source software and secure chip designs based on standardized, sovereign, future-proof silicon, which gives developers the ability to own, control, and trust their computing devices down to the silicon.

@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---
title: University of California - CHIPS Lab
image: ucla.png
country: USA
link: https://www.chips.ucla.edu/
level: academic
joined: 2021
date: 2021-08-31
draft: false
---

@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
---
title: X-ScaleSolutions
image: xscalesolutions.jpg
country: USA
link: https://x-scalesolutions.com/
country: Cambodia
link: http://x-scalesolutions.com/
level: silver
joined: 2019
date: 2021-03-31

@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---
title: "Brad Frey"
#image:
member: ibm
date: 2021-08-05
draft: false
---

@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
title: Ganesan Narayanasamy
member: ganesannarayansamy
date: 2023-12-04
member: ibm
date: 2022-02-04
draft: false
---

@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ He is a serial entrepreneur with a background in enterprise technology and has w
business development, product management, and engineering.
Previously, James was co-founder and COO at Hyper.sh, an open source cloud-native virtualization startup acquired by Ant Financial.
Prior to that, he led product management in Red Hat's OpenStack group, and was a product lead on AT&T's first OpenStack Cloud.
James graduated from University of Virginia with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is based in Washington D.C. area.
James graduated from University of Virginia with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is based in New York.

@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
---
title: "Jeremy Kerr"
#image:
member: codeconstruct
date: 2021-08-05
draft: false
---

@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
---
title: "Paul Mackerras"
image:
member: paulmackerras
date: 2023-12-06
member: ibm
date: 2021-03-06
draft: false
---

@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
---
title: "Timothy Pearson"
image: "timothypearson-200.jpg"
member: solidsilicon
date: 2024-06-14
member: raptorcomputingsystems
date: 2021-03-03
draft: false
---

Timothy has worked in multiple areas of high performance systems design over the past 15 years,
from hardware / firmware to kernel and application development, with a strong emphasis on open solutions and system security.

In his time at Raptor he has been heavily involved in the inception and creation of the Talos and Blackbird lines of secure,
owner-controlled OpenPOWER machines, along with the FlexVer remote attestation technology.

@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---
title: IBM POWER10 Processor User Manual
link: https://files.openpower.foundation/s/EgCy7C43p2NSRfR
tags:
- processor
- cpu
- power10
- usermanual
date: 2023-07-17
draft: false
---

@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
title: "Instruction Set Architecture"
group: isa
publicreview: false
feedbackprocess:
feedback:
- title: Request For Change Feedback for "non ISA TWG members"
description: "This feedback process uses the RFC method, which we divide in 3 types : _minor changes_, _formal proposal_, or _RFC_."
url: /isarfc/

@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
---
title: PowerVM on POWER Architecture Reference
group: IBM
tags:
- powervm
- hypervisor
- software
- linux
- unix
- operatingsystem
- distribution
- architecture
feedback:
queue: PAPR
date: 2024-10-28
draft: false
---


## Power Architecture Platform Requirements. ##

The purpose of this document is to detail a stable platform architecture to be used by:

- Platforms defined by the POWER ISA Specification that desire to be compatible with operating systems that run on the PowerVM Hypervisor.
- Operating systems that desire to be compatible with running on the PowerVM Hypervisor.

This architecture specification provides a comprehensive computer system platform-to-software interface definition.
It documents minimum system requirements, enabling the development and porting of software to a range of compatible industry-standard computer systems from workstations through servers based on the PowerISA.


This document is maintained by IBM and is made available through the OpenPOWER Foundation to support the work of the OpenPOWER Foundation and open source communities in supporting the POWER platform.
Comments, questions, and suggestions can be submitted through the OpenPOWER Foundation Request Tracker.

@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ members:
- ibm
- vantosh
nextmeeting :
date: 2022-10-24
date: 2022-06-20
time: 15:00


@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
members:
- ibm
- openpowerfoundation
- oregonstateuniversity
- vantosh
nextmeeting :
date: 2024-05-21
time: 21:00

@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
members:
- ibm
- vantosh
- hexintechnologies
- yadro
- inspurpowersystems
nextmeeting :
date: 2022-06-09
time: 07:00


@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
members:
- antmicro
- google
- ibm
- oregonstateuniversity
- vantosh
nextmeeting :
date: 2023-03-09
time: 16:00
date: 2022-06-09
time: 15:00


@ -23,7 +23,3 @@ versions:
date: "2021-09-14"
download: "https://files.openpower.foundation/s/dAYSdGzTfW4j2r2"
description: "Incorporate errata."
- number: "3.1c"
date: "2024-05-26"
download: "https://files.openpower.foundation/s/9izgC5Rogi5Ywmm"
description: "Data cleanup"

@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
versions:
- number: "10.60"
date: 2024-11-04
download: https://files.openpower.foundation/s/XFgfMaqLMD5Bcm8

@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
width: 20%;
}
&:nth-of-type(3) {
width: 25%;
width: 5%;
}
&:nth-of-type(4) {
width: 25%;
width: 35%;
}
}
}

@ -77,20 +77,6 @@
{{ end }}
</div>
</div>
{{ if .Param "sponsors"}}
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4">
<h5>Sponsors :</h5>
{{ range $s := .Param "sponsors" }}
{{ $imagename := (printf "%s.png" $s) }}
{{ $imagelocation := (printf "%s/%s" "images/sponsors/hub/" $imagename) }}
{{ $imageresource := resources.Get $imagelocation }}
{{ $image := $imageresource.Fit "150x150" }}
<img src="{{ $image.RelPermalink }}" alt="{{ $s }}">
{{ end }}
</div>
</div>
{{ end }}
</div>
{{ if .Content }}
<div class="row">

@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
{{ $promobackgroundimagelocation := (printf "%s/%s" "images/home/" $promobackgroundimagename) }}
{{ $promobackgroundimageresource := resources.Get $promobackgroundimagelocation }}
{{ $promobackgroundimage := $promobackgroundimageresource.Resize "3840x2160 webp" }}
{{ $now := now.Format "20060102" }}
<section class="home promo__section d-flex flex-column justify-content-center" style="background-image:url({{ $promobackgroundimage.RelPermalink }})" >
<div class="promo__container container text-center">
<h1>{{ .Param "promo.header" }}</h1>
@ -76,24 +75,14 @@
{{ range where .Site.RegularPages "Section" "members" }}
{{ $level := .Param "level" }}
{{ if eq $level "platinum" }}
{{ $memberstatus := true }}
{{ $cancelled := now.Format "20060102" }}
{{ if isset .Params "cancelled" }}
{{ $cancelled = time (.Param "cancelled") | dateFormat "20060102" }}
{{ if lt $cancelled $now }}
{{ $memberstatus = false }}
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
{{ if eq $memberstatus true }}
{{ if .Param "image" }}
{{ $imagename := .Param "image" }}
{{ $imagelocation := (printf "%s/%s" "images/members/" $imagename) }}
{{ $imageresource := resources.Get $imagelocation }}
{{ $image := $imageresource.Fit "185x102 Center webp" }}
<div class="col-md-2 pb-3 pb-lg-0 text-valign-center">
<img class="img-fluid" src="{{ $image.RelPermalink }}" width="180" height="102" alt="{{ .Title }}">
</div>
{{ end }}
{{ if .Param "image" }}
{{ $imagename := .Param "image" }}
{{ $imagelocation := (printf "%s/%s" "images/members/" $imagename) }}
{{ $imageresource := resources.Get $imagelocation }}
{{ $image := $imageresource.Fit "185x102 Center webp" }}
<div class="col-md-2 pb-3 pb-lg-0 text-valign-center">
<img class="img-fluid" src="{{ $image.RelPermalink }}" width="180" height="102" alt="{{ .Title }}">
</div>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
{{ end }}

@ -24,16 +24,16 @@
{{ range $.Site.Pages.ByTitle }}
{{ $level := .Param "level" }}
{{ if eq $level $key }}
{{ $memberstatus := true }}
{{ $cancelled := now.Format "20060102" }}
{{ if isset .Params "cancelled" }}
{{ $cancelled = time (.Param "cancelled") | dateFormat "20060102" }}
{{ if lt $cancelled $now }}
{{ $memberstatus = false }}
<div class="col-lg-{{ $col }} pt-5 pb-0 pb-lg-3">
{{ $memberstatus := true }}
{{ $cancelled := now.Format "20060102" }}
{{ if isset .Params "cancelled" }}
{{ $cancelled = time (.Param "cancelled") | dateFormat "20060102" }}
{{ if lt $cancelled $now }}
{{ $memberstatus = false }}
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
{{ if eq $memberstatus true }}
<div class="col-lg-{{ $col }} pt-2 pb-0 pb-lg-3">
{{ if eq $memberstatus true }}
<div class="box">
<a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">
{{ if .Param "image" }}
@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
{{ end }}
{{ $i = add $i 1 }}
</div>
</div>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
</div>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
</div>

@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
<script>
var formname = "form.contactForm";
var submiturl = "{{ .Site.Params.forms.contact.URI }}";
{{ if .Site.Params.forms.contact.goal }}
var goal = "{{ .Site.Params.forms.contact.goal }}";
{{ end }}
{{ $feedbackqueue := .Param "feedback.queue" }}
</script>
<section id="contact">
<div class="container"><div class="row wow fadeInUp">
<div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12"><div class="form">
<div id="sendmessage">Your message has been sent. Thank you!</div>
<div id="errormessage">Error</div>
<form role="form" name="contactForm" class="contactForm" id="contactForm" action="" method="post">
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12">
<input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="name" placeholder="Your Name" data-rule="minlen:4" data-msg="Please enter at least 4 characters" />
<div class="validation"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12">
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Your Email" data-rule="email" data-msg="Please enter a valid email address" />
<div class="validation"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="subject" id="subject" placeholder="Subject" data-rule="minlen:4" data-msg="Please enter at least 8 characters" />
<div class="validation"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="5" data-rule="required" data-msg="Please write something for us" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
<div class="validation"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12">
By submitting this form, I acknowledge that my information is subject
to the <a href="{{ "/policy/privacy" | relURL }}">OpenPOWER Foundation's Privacy Policy</a>.
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-row">
<div class="form-group col-lg-12 text-center">
<input type="hidden" name="contact" value="{{ $feedbackqueue }}" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="{{ $.Page.RelPermalink | absURL }}" />
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary mb-4 mt-4" type="submit" title="Send Message">Send Message</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div></div>
</div></div>
</section>

@ -90,11 +90,16 @@ var goal = "{{ .Site.Params.forms.hub.goal }}";
<div class="form-group col-lg-6">
What Operating System would you like on your POWER resource?
<select id="operatingsystem" name="operatingsystem">
{{ if .Param "operatingsystems.available" }}
{{ range .Param "operatingsystems.available" }}
{{ if .Param "operatingsystems.available.standard" }}
{{ range .Param "operatingsystems.available.standard" }}
<option value="{{ . }}">{{ . }}</option>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
{{ if .Param "operatingsystems.available.gpuenabled" }}
{{ range .Param "operatingsystems.available.gpuenabled" }}
<option value="{{ . }}">{{ . }} (GPU-enabled)</option>
{{ end }}
{{ end }}
</select>
</div>
{{ end }}

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