Power.org Announces Technical Milestones in Concert with
Refreshed Brand Identity
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Power.org celebrates its first full year of operations with several
key announcements that will shape the future of Power Architecture
technology and the Power.org community
July 2006 marks the beginning of the second year of Power.org
operations. And we are kicking it off with a bang.
What began as a vision of multiple companies openly collaborating to
improve Power Architecture technology for the entire ecosystem is
starting to bear fruit.
Power.org announced several key initiatives that will drive the future
of Power Architecture technology. The announcements were made at
both the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando and at the 43rd annual
Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco.
"Ultimately, Power
Architecture technology is far more than the ISA," said Charles King,
principal analyst, Pund-IT, Inc. "It also represents an expanding
ecosystem and developer community that enables faster, easier
application development. In addition, it supports a wide range of end
solutions, from consumer entertainment devices to automotive braking
systems to wireless base station controllers to the world’s fastest
supercomputers. The elegant, new Power Architecture brand identity melds
more than 15 years of architectural evolution and market-altering
solutions with the forward-thinking invention and collaboration embodied
in Power.org."
Announcement Highlights
Merged Instruction Set
Architecture
Power.org's Power Architecture Advisory Council (PAAC) is introducing
the next step in the roadmap for the instruction set architecture. The
Power ISA version 2.03 incorporates capabilities of previous Power ISA
versions including, virtualization, variable length encoding, vector
processing technology (also know as AltiVecTM technology),
and more.
With Power ISA version 2.03, semiconductor vendors will have access
to more categories of capabilities than ever before for their
implementations. Moving forward, software and system developers will
have a more consistent, compatible framework for creating products and
platforms based on Power Architecture technology for a broad range of
markets and applications.
Platform Architecture
Specification
Power.org is also preparing to release its first collaboratively
developed open platform architecture. The Power Architecture
Platform Requirement (PAPR) specification provides the foundation for
rapid development of standard Power Architecture platforms based on the
Linux® operating system for select applications.
The specification and associated reference design offers Power.org
members and the Power Architecture development community a standard
platform for streamlining the development of off-the-shelf Linux
distributions and applications.
Unified Brand and
Logo
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Power.org is launching a new, unified Power Architecture branding
system that places all the various elements of Power Architecture
technology under a common brand with an updated visual
identity.
The new Power logo serves as the unifying symbol for the Power
Architecture ecosystem. Power.org community and ecosystem
members can leverage the new Power brand to build value for
their Power Architecture technology-based products and
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New Power.org
Members
Power.org also welcomed five new corporate members:
Additionally, Genesi has upgraded thier membership to join our
Board of Directors.
Media Coverage
Posted July 24, 2006
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