<s>
The	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collaboration	O
around	O
Power	O
ISA-based	O
products	O
initiated	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Consortium	I-Application
"	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
is	O
opening	O
up	O
technology	O
surrounding	O
their	O
Power	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
offerings	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
processor	O
specifications	O
,	O
firmware	B-Application
and	O
software	O
with	O
a	O
liberal	O
license	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
using	O
a	O
collaborative	O
development	O
model	O
with	O
their	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
server	O
vendor	O
ecosystem	O
to	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
customized	O
server	O
,	O
networking	O
and	O
storage	O
hardware	O
for	O
future	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
would	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advantages	O
via	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenPower	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
also	O
releases	O
Documentation	O
on	O
the	O
Power	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
relevant	O
documents	O
are	O
the	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
and	O
Power	B-Device
Architecture	I-Device
Platform	I-Device
Reference	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
is	O
looking	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
POWER8	B-Device
chip	O
technology	O
and	O
other	O
future	O
iterations	O
under	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
initiative	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
also	O
making	O
previous	O
designs	O
available	O
for	O
licensing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partners	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
contribute	O
intellectual	O
property	O
to	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
gain	O
high	O
level	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
POWER8	B-Device
processor	O
architecture	O
incorporates	O
facilities	O
to	O
integrate	O
it	O
more	O
easily	O
into	O
custom	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generic	O
memory	O
controllers	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
evolve	O
with	O
future	O
technologies	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
CAPI	O
(	O
Coherent	O
Accelerator	O
Processor	O
Interface	O
)	O
expansion	O
bus	O
is	O
built	O
to	O
integrate	O
easily	O
with	O
external	O
coprocessors	O
like	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
ASICs	O
and	O
FPGAs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
is	O
contributing	O
their	O
fast	O
interconnect	O
technology	O
,	O
NVLink	O
,	O
that	O
will	O
enable	O
tight	O
coupling	O
of	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
Pascal	B-General_Concept
based	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
into	O
future	O
POWER	B-Device
processors	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
IBM	O
released	O
the	O
tiny	O
Microwatt	B-Device
processor	O
core	O
implementing	O
the	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
v.3.0	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
reference	O
design	O
for	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
entirely	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
IBM	O
released	O
the	O
high	O
performance	O
A2I	B-Device
core	I-Device
under	O
a	O
similar	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libre-SOC	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
third	O
,	O
from	O
scratch	O
built	O
,	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Power	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
v.3.0	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Libre/Open	O
POWER	B-Architecture
ISA	I-Architecture
core	O
outside	O
of	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
initiative	O
will	O
include	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
the	O
KVM	B-Application
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
little	O
endian	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foundation	O
has	O
a	O
site	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
for	O
the	O
software	O
they	O
are	O
releasing	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
released	O
firmware	B-Application
to	O
boot	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SUSE	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
Power8	B-Device
in	O
their	O
enterprise	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Server	O
version	O
12	O
(	O
release	O
27	O
October	O
2014	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
has	O
also	O
been	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
preliminary	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
enterprise-ready	O
edition	O
of	O
LibreOffice	O
with	O
web-based	O
office	O
suite	O
real-time	O
collaboration	O
,	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
ppc64le	O
architecture	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
,	O
Tyan	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
and	O
Mellanox	O
are	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tyan	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
servers	O
using	O
POWER8	B-Device
and	O
Google	B-Application
sees	O
using	O
Power	B-Device
processors	I-Device
in	O
its	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
future	O
possibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Altera	O
announced	O
support	O
for	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2013	O
with	O
their	O
FPGA	B-Architecture
offerings	O
and	O
OpenCL	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Suzhou	O
PowerCore	O
Technology	O
Company	O
and	O
the	O
Research	O
Institute	O
of	O
Jiangsu	O
Industrial	O
Technology	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
join	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
and	O
license	O
POWER8	B-Device
technologies	O
to	O
promote	O
and	O
help	O
build	O
systems	O
around	O
and	O
design	O
custom	O
made	O
processors	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
first	O
annual	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Summit	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
announced	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
113	O
members	O
,	O
including	O
Wistron	O
,	O
Cirrascale	O
,	O
and	O
PMC-Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
foundation	I-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
250	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
OpenPOWER	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
reported	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
350-plus	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
