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by dilippkumar 862 days ago
IBM is currently shipping Power10 while Raptor ships Power9 in the Talos II. If I understand correctly, they had issues getting to a fully open source firmware solution for a Talos III with a Power10 in it.

This actually made me hold off on spending $10k on a computer that's last-generation technology. I suspect I'm not alone - a lot of interest in OpenPOWER is probably waiting for Power11 and Talos III or whatever permutation that can ship a real product that isn't 5+ years old.
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_chu1 862 days ago
They ended up going with a different platform that's still newer than Power9. It's even bi-endian.

https://www.talospace.com/2023/10/the-next-raptor-openpower-...

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sillywalk 862 days ago
I believe it was the memory controller that needed a binary blob.[0]

[ The next Raptor OpenPOWER systems are coming, but they won't be Power10 ] ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37963941 )

[0] [ In the future even your RAM will have firmware; and the subject of POWER10 blobs ] ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26029798 )

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