Slide reference from OpenPOWER meetup in China.

1. Catalyst for
Open Innovation

2. Why
Open Development Community
Serving Evolving Customer Needs
Built On the POWER Architecture

3. Strategy
Vibrant ecosystem through
open development
Accelerated innovation through
collaboration of partners
Amplified capabilities driving
industry performance leadership
Why
Moore’s Law Workload Demands
Up
Numerous IT consumption
models
Mature Open software
ecosystem
Market Shifts
Industry Adoption + Open Choice
Cloud Computing
Hyperscale & Large scale
Datacenters
High Performance
Computing & Analytics
Domestic IT Agendas

4. Ecosystem

5. Chip / SOC
This is What A Revolution Looks Like © 2018 OpenPOWER Foundation
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Boards / Systems
Software
System / Integration
Implementation / HPC / Research

6. Software
Boards / Systems
System / Integration
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Implementation / HPC / Research
Chip / SOC
This is What A Revolution Looks Like © 2017 OpenPOWER Foundation
328+
Members
33
Countries
70+
ISVs

7. Boards / Systems
Software
System / Integration
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Chip / SOC
This is What A Revolution Looks Like © 2017 OpenPOWER Foundation
Implementation / HPC / Research
328+
Members
33
Countries
70+
ISVs
Active Membership From
All Layers of the
Stack
100k+ Linux Applications
Running on Power
2300 ISVs Written Code
on Linux

8. Chip / SOC
This is What A Revolution Looks Like © 2017 OpenPOWER Foundation
I/O / Storage / Acceleration
Implementation / HPC / Research
Boards / Systems
System / Integration
Software
328+
Members
33
Countries
70+
ISVs
Active Membership From
All Layers of the
Stack
100k+ Linux Applications
Running on Power
2300 ISVs Written Code
on Linux
Partners
Bring
Systems to
Market
150+ OpenPOWER Ready
Certified Products
20+ Systems Manufacturers
40+ POWER-based systems shipping
or in development
100+ Collaborative innovations under
way

9. OpenPOWER Foundation
Membership Trend
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Q4 13 Q1 14 Q2 14 Q3 14 Q4 14 Q1 15 Q2 15 Q3 15 Q4 15 Q1 16 Q2 16 Q3 16 Q4 16 Q1 17 Q2 17 Q3 17 Q4 17 Q1 18

10. This Ecosystem of Innovators
Creates True Differentiation in
Performance and Cost
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Ecosystem Driven
Customer Choice
Growing Ecosystem Of
OpenPOWER Servers
Growing Ecosystem Of
OpenPOWER Innovation

11. Enables OpenPOWER to meet the market demands by…
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… enabling AI Enterprises
with offerings optimized for AI
… collaborating in Building
Hyperscale Datacenters
with technology partners
… delivering Price-Performance
with cloud and software partners

12. Cross community
Collaboration is essential

13. OpenPOWER
mechanical
electrical
firmware
protocols
interconnects
memory/cpus
kernel
drivers
applications
compute/network/storage fabric
identity
orchestration
Open Stack
Linux
Open Compute

14. Linux support for POWER
üSame source and distribution release schedules as x86
üSimplified x86 application migration with little endian
distributions
üEnterprise support for all three from IBM or distributors

15. SP010 – Tyan OpenPOWER Customer Reference System
CAPI – Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
AFU – Accelerator Function Unit
FSI – Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Service Interface
OPMB – OpenPOWER Memory Bus
ABI – Application Binary Interface
SDK – Software Developer Kit
13 OpenPOWER Work Groups Collaboration Work Product
Application and Domain Focused
Unique needs for
specific applications /
Solutions
Solution frameworks and optimization guidance
Integrated Solutions WG
Personalized Medicine WG
WG for Physical Sciences
Machine Learning WG
Interoperability and Inclusion
Ensure ecosystems
solutions work together
OpenPOWER Ready WG Ready Definition and Criteria
Compliance WG Compliance Specs
System Interfaces for Innovation
Defining standards for
developing and
integrating innovative
hardware subsystems
Memory WG OpenPOWER Memory Bus Spec
Accelerator WG PSL/AFU Interface Spec, CAPI SNAP
FRU Service Interface Spec WG FSI Specification
Input/Output WG Porting guide, testing guides, etc.
25GIO Interoperability Mode WG 25GIO Interoperability Spec
Fundamental System Architecture
HW and SW Stack for
System Architecture and
Interoperability
System Software WG ELFv2 ABI, LoPAPR
HW Architecture WG ISA Profile, IODA, CAIA
Accelerates Infrastructure Standards © 2017 OpenPOWER Foundation

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• Participants Request To Use It
• Compatibility
• Not Certification Or Compliance
• OpenPOWER Ready™ List
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Sliver members may elect one
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employees 0 May be on TSC if
Work group lead
Sliver members may elect one
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Associate &
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Work group lead
May be elected to one community
observer, non-voting Board seat
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