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The (OpenPOWER ) Foundation is a collaboration around Power Architecture products initiated by IBM and announced as the ''"OpenPOWER Consortium"'' on August 6, 2013.〔(Google, IBM, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Tyan Announce Development Group for Data Centers )〕 IBM is opening up technology surrounding their Power Architecture offerings, like processor specifications, firmware and software and is offering this on a liberal license and they will be using a collaborative development model with their partners.〔(IBM opens up Power chips, ARM-style, to take on Chipzilla )〕〔(Open and Collaborative Development is the Future of Cloud Computing - IBM's A Smarter Planet blog )〕 The goal stated is to enable the server vendor ecosystem to build their own customized server, networking and storage hardware for future data centers and cloud computing.〔(IBM's OpenPower consortium with Nvidia, Google aims to advance datacenter )〕 Power.org is still the governing body around the Power Architecture instruction set but specific implementations are now free to use under a liberal license granted by IBM. Processors based on IBM's IP can now be fabricated on any foundry and mixed with other hardware products of the integrator's choice. == Openness == IBM is using the word open to describe this project in three ways.〔 # They are licensing the microprocessor technology ''openly'' to its partners. They are sharing the blueprints to their hardware and software to their partners, so they can hire IBM or other companies to manufacture processors or other related chips. # They will collaborate openly in an ''open-collaboration'' business model where participants share technologies and innovations with each other. # Advantages via ''open source'' software such as the Linux operating system. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OpenPOWER Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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