I-IBM imemezele ukuthi nginqume ukuvula izakhiwo kusuka kusethi yemiyalo yomndeni wakho weprosesa we-POWER Command Set (ISA), enye yazo, i-IBM POWER 9, isetshenziswa komunye wabakhompiyutha abanamandla kakhulu emhlabeni: ikhompiyutha enkulu yeSummit.
Ngo-2013, i-IBM yasungula i-OpenPOWER Consortium, eyanikeza ithuba lokuthola ilayisensi yempahla eqondiswe ku-POWER futhi yayinika ukufinyelela okugcwele kokucacisiwe. Ngasikhathi sinye, ukubanjwa kwaqhubeka ukuqoqwa ukuthola ilayisense yokukhiqiza i-chip.
Ngemuva kwalokhu, ukudala okwakho ukuguqulwa kwe-chip ngokususelwa ekwakhiweni kwesethi yemiyalo ye- Amandla azotholakala esidlangalaleni futhi ngeke adinge ukubanjwa. Lokhu kufaka ilungelo lokusebenzisa mahhala wonke amalungelo obunikazi ahlobene ne-IBM, futhi ukuphathwa kwamaphrojekthi kudluliselwa emphakathini, manje ozobandakanyeka ezinhlelweni zokwenza izinqumo.
Lesi simemezelo size ngemigudu eminingi esemthethweni yenkampani, kufaka phakathi i-OpenPower Foundation, inhlangano eyakhiwe yi-IBM eminyakeni eyi-6 eyedlule ukukhuthaza ukwamukelwa komndeni we-chip.
"Ngokumenyezelwa kwe-IBM ngeminikelo emisha yomphakathi ovulekile, kufaka phakathi ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo zokwakha komndeni wamandla we-POWER kanye namamodeli wokuklanywa kwehadiwe we-OpenPower Summit." ENyakatho Melika 2019, ikusasa alikaze likhanye ngokwakhiwa kwe-POWER, ”kubhala inkampani. Umndeni wamandla we-POWER processors ufaka i-PowerPC, RS / 6000, POWER 1, 2, 4, 4+, 5, 5+, 6, 7, 8, 9, IBM 360, ne-IBM system z. Laba ngabaprosesa beRISC.
Ukunemba ngalokho okwenziwa yi-IBM, kufanele kuthiwe inkampani, nge-OpenPower Foundation, isungula imiyalo ebekiwe yokwakhiwa komndeni wamandla we-POWER processors atholakalela amabhizinisi nabantu abazowasebenzisa ngaphandle kokukhokha imali yelayisense noma imali yobukhosi.
Futhi, izoba namalungelo obunikazi kuma-chips asetshenzisiwe ngokususelwa ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo imfundo isethiwe vula manje. Kodwa-ke, amabhizinisi nabantu abazodinga ukuzivumelanisa nenqwaba yezidingo zokuhambisana.
Lesi ngesinye sezizathu esenza ukuthi i-OpenPower Foundation ibe ngaphansi kokulawulwa kokuphathwa kweLinux Foundation.
I-maneuver izoqinisekisa ukuthi ushintsho ngalunye oluhlongozwayo emfundweni ebekiwe yezakhiwo luzovotelwa iningi ukuqinisekisa ukuhambisana nalezi zidingo. Ngokusho kokuphawula kwezikhulu ze-IBM, le ndlela ihloselwe ukunciphisa ukuhlukaniswa.
I-IBM yenze ukuxhumana okwengeziwe ngaphezu kokuvulwa komyalelo wokusetjenziswa komndeni weprosesa yamandla nokwakhiwa kwe-OpenPower Foundation ngaphansi kolawulo lweLinux Foundation.
Okokuqala, inkampani imemezela ukutholakala kwemodeli yokwakhiwa komthombo ovulekile ongayisebenzisa ngaphakathi kwama-chips we-FPGA.
Lokhu kungumphumela womsebenzi wonjiniyela we-IBM othembele ekwakhiweni komyalo womndeni we-POWER obekelwe ukwakha i-softcore kwi-Xilinx FPGA.
"Lona ngumphumela wokuqala obonakalayo wezakhiwo ezivulekile zemfundo," kusho umengameli we-OpenPower Foundation. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kufanele kwandise ama-horizons wonjiniyela, ikakhulukazi maqondana nokumiswa kokusetha kokufundiswa ngokwezifiso.
Futhi, inkampani ishicilele iqoqo lezinsiza ezengeziwe ezenzelwe ukunciphisa ijika lokufunda.
Ngakho-ke, sithole umhlahlandlela wesethenjwa wokufaka ukwakheka kokusetha izakhiwo ngaphakathi kwamaprosesa wangokwezifiso.
Futhi, I-IBM inikeza i-OpenCAPI (ukusetshenziswa nama-FPGAs) kanye nemodeli yokuvula imodeli yokuvula imemori ye-OpenCAPI (IMO) yomphakathi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani ihlose ukukhombisa indlela eya kowesithathu ofuna ukuthembela kwizinsizakusebenza zayo ukumisa ama-accelerator ayo kanye namadivayisi we-memory interface.
Ukuvuleka kwalo myalelo kusetha ukwakhiwa kungumnikelo wakamuva we-IBM emkhakheni womthombo ovulekile ngemuva kokutholwa kweRed Hat ngama- $ 34 billion.
Umthombo: https://openpowerfoundation.org