olddellian

Obsessed with #TalosII, #POWER9, and open hardware.
#OpenPOWER #PPC

[olddellian @olddellian]

I am on Twitter much less often now, so anyone interested in news about #OpenPOWER would probably be better off following @mpc7500v2 to catch the sort of tweets that aren't always retweeted by the sorta-official channels (@OpenPOWERorg, @RaptorCompSys, @hughhalf).

[olddellian @olddellian]

@stewartsmith Poor hostboot.
"please sir, can I have some RAM?"

[olddellian @olddellian]

@RaptorCompSys @ReneRebeTM @g5_maury @mpc7500v2 @vmlemon @hp4570c @deuteros @Noctua_at @Samsung @TDaytonPM @GLOBALFOUNDRIES @IBM @ORNL @Livermore_Lab @g5_maury I was thinking more in terms of Samsung making a 7HP and fabbing it in the US. Samsung was also part of the GlobalFoundries-IBM semiconductor alliance:
https://t.co/Ey4eIone5u

[olddellian @olddellian]

@RaptorCompSys https://t.co/FgfxgAfCzp

[ＨＡＣＫＥＲＳＢＯＴ @Hackers_bot]

Yeah. RISC is good.

[olddellian @olddellian]

Tee hee, @RaptorCompSys is sitting at a constant 1337 followers.

[olddellian @olddellian]

@g5_maury @RaptorCompSys @mpc7500v2 @vmlemon @hp4570c @ReneRebeTM @deuteros @Noctua_at @Samsung @TDaytonPM @GLOBALFOUNDRIES @IBM @ORNL @Livermore_Lab Huh, IBM lost both CORAL-2 bids, so maybe both labs won't be customers for #POWER10?
https://t.co/Gt8Hah39xL

[olddellian @olddellian]

@g5_maury @RaptorCompSys @mpc7500v2 @vmlemon @hp4570c @ReneRebeTM @deuteros @Noctua_at @Samsung @TDaytonPM After all, @GlobalFoundries had an entire separate 14nm process for @IBM (14HP); maybe IBM has the leverage to ask for US fabrication? I think certain customers (@ORNL @Livermore_Lab) might like that.
https://t.co/tf3l5jVhrC

[olddellian @olddellian]

Also, there is apparently a community discord group, though I personally have not visited.
https://t.co/AQKAwnmqKy

[mepy @___mepy]

@olddellian @mpc7500v2 @OpenPOWERorg @RaptorCompSys @hughhalf Hi @olddellian, after reading this I created a Discord server for this precise aim: to reunite and keep updated the entire ppc community. I created a Twitter account too so people here can stay updated also if not in the Discord. @p2cspace

[olddellian @olddellian]

I am on Twitter much less often now, so anyone interested in news about #OpenPOWER would probably be better off following @mpc7500v2 to catch the sort of tweets that aren't always retweeted by the sorta-official channels (@OpenPOWERorg, @RaptorCompSys, @hughhalf).

[olddellian @olddellian]

https://t.co/VcVwPNxEKZ

[Hugh Blemings @hughhalf]

@RaptorCompSys @mpc7500v2 @RaptorEng Sorry, took me a little longer than expected to get squared away - please join the fun - https://t.co/k9SHknxiBo

[olddellian @olddellian]

@mpc7500v2 @RaptorCompSys @OpenPOWERorg @hughhalf @Puri_sm Yeah, I haven't been doing much there for a while. Sorry.

[Raptor Computing Sys @RaptorCompSys]

By popular request, we now have a forum available at https://t.co/mcibpAg1dO! Stop by and discuss our hardware, or chat with fellow POWER users about various topics including application porting, OS development, and open hardware. As always, powered by #OpenPOWER / @Integricloud!

[olddellian @olddellian]

@PowerMan4Evr @RaptorCompSys @stewartsmith @hughhalf I'm certainly not asking about formal certification/testing, for example, @RaptorCompSys doesn't even officially certify 4 GiB according to the wiki:
https://t.co/6InxBjQOwa
but maybe when 256 GiB modules and #POWER9 reach the second-hand market in a few years we may find out.

[olddellian @olddellian]

Rome/EPYC 2 can handle 256 GiB DIMMs apparently, so I'm curious, is #POWER9 truly limited to 128 GiB only?
Will something like M393ABG40M52-CYF potentially work, or will it have to wait for a POWER9+ or #POWER10?
@RaptorCompSys @stewartsmith @hughhalf anyone else who might know?

[RetiredEngineer® @chiakokhua]

@lordtux @AdoredTV Yes, if you use 256GB sticks.

[olddellian @olddellian]

@RaptorCompSys @mpc7500v2 @OpenPOWERorg @hughhalf @Puri_sm Speaking of old tweets, have there been any ports/successful compilations of @godotengine on #POWER9?
https://t.co/sDL9TMv1Cu

[olddellian @olddellian]

@RaptorCompSys I wonder how difficult it would be to get @godotengine running on Power Architecture...

[olddellian @olddellian]

@RaptorCompSys @mpc7500v2 @OpenPOWERorg @hughhalf Away from microblogging; and in general spending less time on the internet.

It would be nice to have an official blog about Raptor news (like @Puri_sm does). That was actually the subject of one of my first tweets...
https://t.co/ABor3SHka3

[olddellian @olddellian]

Is there any chance that @RaptorCompSys could have a technical blog and maybe some regular status updates?

[olddellian @olddellian]

@tsmith Someone needs to make a version for old UNIX programs.

Imagine something like this, partially underwater, with the top surface as a tty console:

[Raptor Computing Sys @RaptorCompSys]

Come check out out #TalosII workstation and #Blackbird desktop at @Supercomputing #SC19! See how easy to use POWER is with our hands-on demo machines -- at the #OpenPOWER booth (1494) and in the IBM center!

[olddellian @olddellian]

It would of course be nice to have more specifics;
there are customers for whom Made in USA is a big deal:
https://t.co/zcS3zmavCo
but even for non-US customers, not supporting tyrannical governments like the PRC is a value add to a product.

[MauryG5 @g5_maury]

@RaptorCompSys I missed it then, I still only see it in photos so I can't see all the details. Let's do so then, the next card for Power 10, you will do it with a beautiful large writing that will say: designed and made in the USA!😁

[olddellian @olddellian]

In light of what is going on in Hong Kong, we again see many US companies behaving spinelessly to curry favor with the PRC government, often due to fear of losing out on the mainland Chinese market or the benefit of mainland Chinese goods/services.

[olddellian @olddellian]

#Blackbird shipments were very much affected by US/China tariffs,
https://t.co/zsNDKJns4P
though Raptor says PRC parts are mainly "passives" and "connectors"
https://t.co/bOg2Bwy3Rf

[Raptor Computing Sys @RaptorCompSys]

@olddellian @tomov_eu @designfirstee Passives mostly, but connectors are also a source of trouble.