Power Architecture gets a reboot
There will also be a new “no-barriers” license for the Power 405 core which drops the standard access fee. IBM will also work with Synopsys to make Power a staple architecture in university research and teaching for engineers. A synthesizable version of the Power 405 core will also be made available to qualified Synopsys University Program members at no charge.
The expanded program is intended to foster innovation using the Power 405 core for new applications around embedded intelligent systems. IBM also announced a Value added Reseller (VAR) agreement with C*Core, the China-based designer of embedded-processor solutions, to expand market channels for Power architecture in China.
It is hoped that simpler access to Power technology will allow designers to more easily create embedded solutions for a range of applications, from supercomputing and games to networking and storage.
The Power Architecture is now being positioned for the smart-compute application landscape including embedded intelligence for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and intelligent infrastructure for handling the vast amounts of data generated from billions of connected devices.
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