openpower overview

© 2016 OpenPOWER Foundation

Foundation

October 2016 Europe SummitBarcelona, Spain

Calista RedmondPresident, OpenPOWER FoundationIBM@Calista_Redmond

John ZannosChairman, OpenPOWER FoundationUbuntu/Canonical@jaazannos

© 2016 OpenPOWER Foundation2

The market is moving, forcing businesses to transform

Explosion intransaction growth

driven by mobility and the

Internet of Things

Analytics is moving to real time

to capture new

opportunities at the point of

impact

Hybrid cloud is the new standard

for delivering service,

agility, trust and efficiency


“The ‘Uber syndrome’ – where a

competitor with a completely different

business model enters your industry and

flattens you”

Redefining Boundaries Insights, Global C-Suite Study, IBM IBV Study, Nov 2015


Accelerated innovation through collaboration of partners

Amplified capabilities driving industry performance leadership

Vibrant ecosystem through open development

Cloud ComputingHyperscale & Large scale

Datacenters

High PerformanceComputing & Analytics

Domestic

IT Agendas

Industry adoption, Open choice

OpenPOWER Strategy

Moore’s law no longer satisfies

performance gain

Numerous IT consumption

models

Growing workload

demands

Mature Open software

ecosystem

Market Shifts

OpenPOWER, a catalyst for Open Innovation

OpenPOWER is an open development community,

using the POWER Architecture to serve the evolving needs of customers.


Accelerates Infrastructure Standards

SP010 – Tyan OpenPOWER Customer Reference System

CAPI – Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface

AFU – Accelerator Function Unit

FSI – Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Service Interface

OPMB – OpenPOWER Memory Bus

ABI – Application Binary Interface

SDK – Software Developer Kit

12 OpenPOWER Work Groups Collaboration Work Product

Application and Domain Focused

Unique needs for specific applications / Solutions

Solution frameworks and optimization guidance

Integrated Solutions WG

Personalized Medicine WG

WG for Physical Sciences

Interoperability and InclusionEnsure ecosystems solutions

work togetherOpenPOWER Ready WG Ready Definition and Criteria

Compliance WG Compliance Specs

System Interfaces for Innovation

Defining standards for developing and integrating

innovative hardware subsystems

Memory WG OpenPOWER Memory Bus Spec

Accelerator WG PSL/AFU Interface Spec, streaming framework

FRU Service Interface Spec WG FSI Specification

Input/Output WG Porting guide, testing guides, etc.

25GIO Interoperability Mode WG 25GIO Interoperability Spec

Fundamental System Architecture HW and SW Stack for System Architecture and Interoperability

System Software WG 64bLE ABI, LoPAPR

HW Architecture WG ISA Profile, IODA, CAIA


Collaboration of people, ideas, and code

Welcome to the sharing economy

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Cross community engagement drives mutual progress


Composable systems and solutions

Common building blocks spur opportunity and level the field

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Optimization of hardware and software

Data is the basis of competitive value with potential to change the game

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This is what a revolution looks like

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