General Questions |
Q: |
What is Power Architecture technology? |
| A: |
Power Architecture technology is an instruction set architecture
that spans applications from consumer electronics to supercomputers.
But it's more than that. Facilitated by Power.org, Power Architecture
technology forms an enhanced platform for collaborative hardware
innovation, with the goal of developing community specifications and
supporting development tools that work together to facilitate
integration and enhanced implementations. |
Q: |
What is Power.org? |
| A: |
The intent to form Power.org was announced December 2004. It is
intended that Power.org will serve as the premier open standards
organization for developing, enabling and promoting Power
Architecture technology and specifications. The community is expected
to deliver specifications and guidelines to enable a complete design
and manufacturing infrastructure that will resolve many of the
technology and business issues hindering hardware development and
innovation. |
Q: |
What is the proposed mission of Power.org? |
| A: |
Power.org's mission is to develop, enable and promote Power
Architecture technology as the preferred open standard hardware
development platform for the electronics industry and to administer
qualification programs that optimize interoperability and accelerate
innovation for a positive user experience. |
Q: |
What are the proposed objectives of Power.org? |
| A: |
Power.org's objectives are to develop open standards and
specifications, business guidelines documents, best practices and
education, certifications to validate implementations and drive
adoption of Power Architecture technology. |
Q: |
How are the specifications developed within Power.org? |
| A: |
Power.org will develop specifications and manages community
building through the collaboration of expert committees that are
driven by the Power.org Board of Directors. Possible expert
committees include: Operations Committee, Technical Committee,
Developer Committee, Compliance Committee and Marketing
Committee. |
| Membership |
Q: |
Who will participate in Power.org? |
| A: |
Members will represent a worldwide cross-section of semiconductor
and Electronics organizations, ranging from SOC firms, tool vendors,
foundries, OS vendors, OEMs, Independent Hardware Vendors,
Independent Software Vendors and service providers. Power.org will
also welcome individual developers, educational institutions and
government organizations. |
Q: |
What are the benefits of membership? |
| A: |
Membership in Power.org offers an opportunity the ability to shape
and impact the Power Architecture technology innovation. Depending
on the level of participation, membership will allow for benefits
such as:
- Participation in the development of market requirements,
specifications, roadmaps and other technical guidelines that guide
the work and perspective of the organization
- Networking across member organizations to gain a better
understanding of needs that exist across various vertical and
horizontal sectors
- Better understanding of and an ability to contribute to global
issues impacting Power Architecture technology and open standard
hardware development.
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| Q: |
How does Power.org benefit users? |
| A: |
Power.org intends to benefit users with greater choice and
leading innovation. The world has repeatedly seen how open standards
and collaborative communities help increase spur innovation in the
marketplace and tear down barriers to integration. |
Q: |
How do I get more information about Power.org? |
| A: |
Please go to our Join page and fill out the form and we will send
you details on how you and your company can benefit from joining
Power.org. |
