I-IBM ibhengeze ukuba ndigqibe kwelokuba ndivule uyilo ukusuka kumyalelo osetiweyo Kwintsapho yakho ye-processor Command Power (ISA), enye yazo, IBM AMANDLA 9, isetyenziswa kwenye yezona supercomputer zinamandla emhlabeni: Ingqungquthela yeekhompyuter.
Kwi-2013, i-IBM yaseka i-OpenPOWER Consortium, eyathi yanika ithuba lokufumana ilayisenisi enxulumene namandla AMANZI kwaye yayinika ukufikelela ngokupheleleyo kwinkcazo. Kwangelo xesha, ukuncitshiswa kuyaqhubeka ukuqokelelwa ukufumana ilayisensi yokuvelisa chip.
Emva koko, ukwenza olwakho uhlengahlengiso lwe-chip ngokusekwe kuseto loyilo lomyalelo Amandla aya kufumaneka esidlangalaleni kwaye ayizukufuna ukuncitshiswa. Oku kubandakanya ilungelo lokusebenzisa simahla onke amalungelo abenzi ahambelana ne-IBM, kwaye ulawulo lweprojekthi ludluliselwa kuluntu, oluza kuthi lubandakanyeke kwiinkqubo zokwenza izigqibo.
Isibhengezo size ngeendlela ezininzi ezisemthethweni zenkampani, kubandakanya i-OpenPower Foundation, umbutho owenziwe yi-IBM kwiminyaka emi-6 eyadlulayo ukukhuthaza ukwamkelwa kosapho lwe-chip.
"Ngokubhengezwa kwe-IBM ngamagalelo amatsha kuluntu oluvulekileyo, kubandakanya uyilo loyilo losapho lwamandla eeprosesa kunye neemodeli eziphambili zoyilo lwezixhobo zeNgqungquthela ye-OpenPower. Intshona Melika 2019, ikamva alikaze likhanye kulwakhiwo lwaMANDLA, ”ibhala njalo inkampani. Usapho lweeprosesa lwaMANDLA lubandakanya iPowerPC, RS / 6000, AMANDLA 1, 2, 4, 4+, 5, 5+, 6, 7, 8, 9, IBM 360, kunye nenkqubo ye-IBM z. Ezi ziiprosesa zeRISC.
Ukuchaneka malunga ne-IBM, kufuneka kuthiwe inkampani, nge-OpenPower Foundation, icwangcisa uqeqesho lokuseta uyilo losapho lwe-POWER lweeprosesa ezifumanekayo kumashishini nakubantu abazisebenzisayo ngaphandle kokuhlawula iifizi zelayisensi okanye iirhafu.
Kwakhona, iya kuba nelungelo lobunikazi kwiichips ezisetyenzisiweyo ngokusekwe kuyilo loyilo iseti yoqeqesho vula ngoku. Nangona kunjalo, iinkampani kunye nabantu ngabanye baya kudinga ukulungelelanisa kunye ne-stack yeemfuno zokuhambelana.
Esi sesinye sezizathu zokuba i-OpenPower Foundation ibe phantsi kolawulo lweLinux Foundation.
I-maneuver iya kuqinisekisa ukuba utshintsho ngalunye olucetywayo kulwakhiwo lomyalelo lusekwe kwivoti yesininzi ukuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kwezi mfuno. Ngokwengcaciso ezivela kumagosa e-IBMLe ndlela yenzelwe ukunciphisa ukwahlulwa.
I-IBM yenze unxibelelwano olongezelelekileyo ukongeza kuvulo lwe-POWER processor useto lolwakhiwo kunye nokudlula kwe-OpenPower Foundation phantsi kolawulo lweLinux Foundation.
Okokuqala, inkampani ibhengeza ubukho bemodeli yoyilo loyilo oluvulekileyo lokuphumeza ngaphakathi kweetshipsi ze-FPGA.
Esi sisiphumo somsebenzi weenjineli ze-IBM ezazithembele kulwakhiwo lomyalelo wosapho WAMANDLA obekiweyo wokwakha isoftware kwiXilinx FPGA.
"Esi sisiphumo sokuqala esibonakalayo sokuvuleka komgaqo obekiweyo wezakhiwo," utshilo umongameli we-OpenPower Foundation. Ukusetyenziswa kwayo kufuneka kwandise iihoroni zabaphuhlisi, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele kuseto lweseti yokuyalela
Kwakhona, Inkampani ipapashe iseti yezixhobo ezongezelelweyo ezenzelwe ukunciphisa ijika yokufunda.
Ngenxa yoko, sifumene isikhokelo sesalathiso sokubandakanya useto loyilo ngaphakathi kweeprosesa zesiko.
Kwakhona, I-IBM ibonelela nge-OpenCAPI (ukuze isetyenziswe nee-FPGAs) kunye nememori evulekileyo yemodeli yoyilo lobuchwephesha be-OpenCAPI (IMO) yoluntu.
Ukongeza, inkampani iceba ukubonisa indlela eya kumntu wesithathu ofuna ukuxhomekeka kwizixhobo zayo zokumilisela ii-accelerators kunye nezixhobo zememori.
Ukuvuleka kwalo myalelo kuseta uyilo ligalelo le-IBM lakutsha nje kwicandelo lemithombo evulekileyo emva kokufunyanwa kwe- $ 34 yezigidigidi zeedola.
Umthombo: https://openpowerfoundation.org