Power.org Accelerates Power Architecture Technology Adoption as it Marks Technical Milestones.Next Generation Power ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. Definition, New Open Reference Design Specification and Consolidated Processor Roadmap Now Available for Download PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Power.org[TM], the open collaborative organization that enables, develops and promotes Power Architecture[TM] technology, today announced the availability of the merged instruction set architecture--Power ISA Version 2.03--and the Power Architecture Platform Requirements (PAPR PAPR Powered Air-Purifying Respirator PAPR Peak-to-Average Power Ratio PAPR Partially Acidulated Phosphate Rock PAPR Physician Assistants' Prescribing Reference PAPR Product Assurance Program Representative ) specification. Power.org also released a consolidated roadmap for processors built on Power Architecture technology. Today's announcements highlight the momentum of Power.org and its plans to continuously deliver value to the Power Architecture ecosystem. The new Power ISA combines capabilities of previous versions and adds new features and functionality, providing the Power Architecture community access to more categories of capabilities for their implementations than ever before. The PAPR is designed to further the creation of innovative, high-performance, power-efficient devices and applications based on Power Architecture microprocessors by helping companies reduce development costs and time to market to gain competitive advantage. The consolidated processor roadmap includes products and cores from AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AMCC), Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. ,FSL.B)., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE: IBM), Rapport,Inc. and Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ). "A mainstay in the embedded and information technology arenas, Power Architecture technology has tremendous growth potential in the automotive, networking, wireless and gaming markets, as well as emerging growth markets such as consumer appliances and industrial control," said Michael Paczan, chairman of the Power.org Technical Committee and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Power.org Initiative, IBM Systems & Technology Group. "The release of the specifications underscores the commitment from Power.org members to help simplify development around the Power Architecture platform." "By making good on its commitment to deliver a new ISA, Power.org has demonstrated the ability to implement its vision of establishing Power Architecture as the premier platform for the creation of innovative, successful devices and applications," said Glenn Beck Glenn Beck (born February 10 1964) is a politically mainstream conservative, talk-radio and television host. His radio show, The Glenn Beck Program, is syndicated by 267 radio stations and on XM Satellite Radio channel 165 talk radio, which airs from 9 am to 12 pm(ET). , Power.org marketing committee chair and Power Architecture marketing manager for Freescale Semiconductor. "The release of this ISA is the first of many milestones planned for the architecture, and we look forward to leveraging the collective ingenuity of our membership to drive Power Architecture technology even further." Power ISA Version 2.03 The Power ISA Version 2.03 provides a consistent, compatible framework for creating microprocessor products and platforms based on Power Architecture technology for a broad range of markets and applications. The new ISA combines the capabilities of previous Power ISA versions including PowerPC, vector (also known as AltiVec[R] technology) and PowerPC embedded architectures. It also adds powerful new features to the architecture to improve functionality and performance. Power ISA version 2.03 was developed through a collaboration among Power.org members under the guidance of the Power Architecture Advisory Council led by IBM and Freescale. The new ISA can be accessed on the Power.org Web site at www.power.org. To allow software developers to find common features across a range of platforms, the new ISA includes categories to encompass all the capabilities of the combined general-purpose and embedded versions of the architecture. The base category provides a commonality covering all types of Power Architecture platforms, including those in the server and embedded categories. The final component to the specification is a rich set of optional categories that draw the embedded APUs (niche-specific architecture extensions) into the mainline architecture. Categories can be supported as compiler options to facilitate software development. New features include enhanced memory management, which enables the flexibility of software-managed page tables and supports multiple page sizes. The new embedded external process ID option gives an operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. efficient access to application memory to enhance the cooperation between operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and applications. The processor control option adds flexible interprocessor messaging and interrupts within a cache coherency Managing a cache so that data are not lost or overwritten. For example, when data are updated in a cache, but not yet transferred to its target memory or disk, the chance of corruption is greater. Cache coherency is obtained by well-designed algorithms that keep track of the cache. domain, allowing for improved multiprocessor performance. A new server software thread control allows software to observe and control thread priority in problem state via the program priority register. Processors built on the new Power ISA will be software compatible at the user instruction set architecture level as with previous ISA versions. Power Architecture Platform Requirements The PAPR is the first collaboratively developed open platform specification from Power.org. It provides the foundation for rapid development of standard Power Architecture platforms based on the Linux[R] operating system for select applications. The specification provides a standard platform for streamlining the development of off-the-shelf Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. and applications. A comprehensive computer system platform-to-software interface definition, along with minimum system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. , enables the development of compatible systems and the porting of software to these systems. The specification can be used to create a range of compatible, industry-standard Power Architecture processor based systems spanning high-end embedded systems Embedded systemsComputer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. through servers. In conjunction with the release of the PAPR, IBM has made available to Power.org corporate members a royalty-free license for its patents that apply to compliant systems developed from the specification. The PAPR is available to Power.org members and the Power Architecture development community, and can be accessed via the Power.org Web site at www.power.org. About Power Architecture Power Architecture technology offers the broadest, most diverse market penetration of any microprocessor in the industry today. It is the digital heartbeat of all three, next-generation gaming console platforms and the electronic brains of the world's highest performance supercomputers. Power Architecture technology is also the leading platform for enterprise servers, automotive systems (powertrain, advanced safety and telematics), wireless and wireline infrastructure, and enterprise routing and switching. About Power.org Power.org is an open community of more than 40 corporations driving innovation around Power Architecture technology. Power.org provides an open ecosystem through which its members engage in collaborative innovation on Power Architecture technology. Power.org's mission is to optimize interoperability, accelerate innovation and drive increased adoption of this leading processor architecture. For more details, visit www.power.org The Power Architecture and Power.org word marks and the Power and Power.org logos and related marks are trademarks and service marks licensed by Power.org. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. [c] Power.org 2006. |
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