Power.org Debuts Specification Advances and New Services At Power Architecture(TM) Developer Conference.Novel Products, Initiatives and Design Concepts, Emanating from Power.org's Collaborative Ecosystem Break Down Barriers to Innovation AUSTIN Austin. 1 City (1990 pop. 21,907), seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as home to the Hormel meatpacking company, whose Spam Town museum , Texas -- The first-ever Power Architecture[TM] Developer Conference kicked off today with a core theme of "breaking down the barriers to innovation" and includes a diverse and extensive technical curriculum, announcements from member companies and new Power.org Power.org is an organization whose purpose is to develop, enable and promote Power Architecture technology. The objective is to establish open standards, guidelines, best practicies and certifications regarding Power Architecture, as well as drive adoption of the plattform. [TM] specifications and services for the Power Architecture community. "Power.org is using the incredible momentum around Power Architecture technology to bring people and ideas together," said Roland Roland (rō`lənd), the great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the Chanson de Roland (11th or 12th cent.). Hagan, chair of Power.org's Board of Directors. "This conference is a showcase for the innovative and novel thinking that results when a community works Police and Community Youth Clubs PCYC Originally known as the 'Police Rotary Youth Club' PCYC originated in Sydney, Australia in the 1930s. There are currently 57 clubs in New South Wales. together in an open forum like Power.org." Power.org Specifications Gear Up Power.org is advancing the work of the Power Architecture roadmap A roadmap may refer to:
(2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. version 2.05 specification, and the soon-to-be released Power Architecture Platform Requirements for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. (ePAPR) specification. -- Power.org(TM) introduced the Power Architecture LINUX Developer Toolkit and Reference Platform, 970MP Edition, an offering that helps members and their customers lower cost of development and accelerate their product's time to market. Based on the Power Architecture 2-socket dual-core 970MP reference platform, this offering is available as both a high performance Toolkit to developers, and as a reference design to all members preferring to make their own products. All elements of the system's design are open including specifications and schematics, firmware source code, the XEN hypervisor source code, and the LINUX kernel code, allowing developers to create an optimal solution for their applications. -- The Power Architecture Advisory Council (PAAC) plans to publish Power ISA version 2.05 in October 2007. It will contain significant extensions first implemented by the POWER6TM server processor including decimal floating point, multimedia extensions, and server virtualization improvements. In addition, Power ISA version 2.06 work is already underway, with a publication target of the second half 2008. It will contain extensions for the POWER7TM processor and significant enhancements to the embedded architecture, such as an embedded hypervisor privilege mode that will bring new levels of virtualization capability and partitioning for single- and multi-core devices to the embedded space. -- Power.org(TM) Power Architecture Platform Requirements for embedded systems (ePAPR), an extensible embedded specification designed to strengthen the Power Architecture platform across embedded applications, is expected to be available in late Q42007. The ePAPR specification is designed to reduce the time and effort spent on basic implementation such as on board, firmware, and software design, integration, and validation, allowing OEMs and ODMs to focus on their own value-added designs. ePAPR will address a broad cross-section of platform functionality for embedded applications, with a core set of requirements, as well as optional requirements that provide for multiple implementation points. The platform architecture will take an end-to-end user and solution view to ensure all necessary and appropriate platform architecture elements are considered. -- The Power.org Technical Committee announced the formation of two new subcommittees, the Power Application Binary Interface Technical Subcommittee and the Embedded Hypervisor Technical Subcommittee, collaborative efforts designed to simplify development and ensure relevance for the Power Architecture technology platform in next generation designs. The Power Application Binary Interface Technical Subcommittee is working to create a set of unified ABI documents that includes the merged Power Architecture specification and existing coding standards. Creating a single point of reference that is widely accessible to all Power Architecture developers will facilitate porting code to the Power Architecture family of products by third party tool and operating systems developers, the LINUX community, and customers interfacing assembly code to programs. The Embedded Hypervisor Technical Subcommittee will enable collaboration between member companies contributing to hypervisor development, by providing a common set of software virtualization interfaces. This work is essential in driving the competitiveness of Power Architecture technology in embedded hardware and operating system designs as virtualization becomes a more critical factor in embedded processor architecture selection and systems design. Power.org Services and Programs Power.org's leadership in understanding the competitive architecture position, building ecosystem solutions from a position of strength, and creating the right climate for innovation that embraces ideas from a large network of developers, drives the development of highly targeted, compelling solutions. * Power.org completed the Power Architecture Market Model, the most comprehensive research study ever undertaken on Power Architecture processors and the diverse markets they serve. The research, conducted by IDC, features a unique data analysis tool to help users identify and gauge emerging growth opportunities for the Power Architecture technology platform. The Power Architecture Market Model focuses on the embedded processor A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. space. It provides market share data in more than 70 categories of embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. electronics and forecasts both current and future opportunities for Power Architecture processors through 2011. Power.org is providing company-wide licenses for the Power Architecture Market Model to qualifying members at the end of September. * Power.org[TM] unveiled the Power Architecture Solutions Stack, a foundational tool developed to help users identify and evaluate readily available Power Architecture technology solution building blocks. The Solutions Stack provides a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. vendor neutral source of information on Power Architecture applications, products and solutions. The initial version, available for viewing online at www.power.org/solutions, organizes components by technology category and vertical market. All Power ecosystem members interested in expanding exposure for their offerings will be able to submit their products for inclusion in the catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. . * The Power Architecture Developer Conference technical program includes 70 presentations and panels on Power Architecture technology from more than 30 companies. The conference offers technical instruction in diverse disciplines from high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. to embedded control applications. Renowned keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speakers and panels uniting the industry's best experts will provide unique and diverse insights into applications and designs. News Announcements from Conference Participants News announcements are expected 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) , 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. , 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) , and Virtutech from throughout the two-day event. About Power.org Power Architecture technology is behind millions of innovative products, including the world's fastest supercomputers, leading video game consoles This is a list of video game consoles by the era they appeared in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era (even though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type). Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. , and electronic systems in most of today's car models. Every phone call, email and Web page touches hundreds of Power Architecture systems. The Power.org community, formed in 2005, is the collaborative, open organization driving innovation around Power Architecture[TM] technology through alignment of the instruction set architecture, development of standards and specifications, and nurturing of the Power Architecture brand. Power.org's mission is to optimize optimize - optimisation interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. , 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 2007. |
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