-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/24/2016 05:38 PM, Paul Boddie wrote: > On Monday 4. April 2016 17.06.23 Timothy Pearson wrote: >> >> === POWER === >> >> IBM has recently released their high-performance POWER8 architecture for >> third party licensing, and has also released a small treasure trove of >> firmware and documentation for these devices. POWER is the only >> architecture currently competitive with Intel in terms of raw >> performance, and boots using a fully FOSS firmware with no DRM >> antifeatures embedded. The primary disadvantage of power is cost, as it >> is currently targeted at the server and datacenter markets. We are >> attempting to bring POWER to the high-end workstation market in a >> FOSS-friendly form via the Talos™ Secure Workstation, but need >> additional interest to make this a reality: >> https://raptorengineeringinc.com/TALOS/prerelease.php > > Having seen the EOMA68 crowdfunding campaign get funded on Crowd Supply, it > was interesting to see you proceed with a rather more ambitious campaign for > Talos: > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation > > It's notable that you've raised as much in pledges in about ten days as the > EOMA68 campaign raised within its entire funding window, but then again, > you're attempting to raise twenty times that amount or so. > > What you're offering is largely beyond my computing budget, but I hope you > manage to meet your target. Looking at the product pledges, it's clear that > some demand is there, particularly when four- and five-figure dollar amounts > are involved!
Thank you for the encouragement! We would really like to get these powerful development tools into the hands of people working on developing next-generation libre software, as that is really where they are needed. I would also like to briefly highlight the SSH access pledge levels for this campaign. If you can't afford this first generation Talos™ machine, but still want to try out POWER8, this is a good way to both get direct experience with the POWER architecture and help define the future of powerful libre-friendly computing in the process. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYDpeKAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbFRsIAKG0TDW8qyWJmy2QhbgEpeOx CIYeYwHVSeMm9C+8v4YvyAGcplQpjG/MmsjeH05VUPQxgrwXaHX5vgA4uakhHCQ3 2PqnYVF2Ufzu53uzJizbWzG4YMGNSWMP0439gRjFsp0IstEYeRpAgtNjfeHb88Vx UaYn72h/Hsy/VSM759HInvYFO8ZSvS69cFOqx8n7gLkX07REU92rqN63WdXr6bar 3I7RxOoGQCKw9Hu9gTIkACTO39KYMvW8h11SGkIz1hpZfL+ABRFfVYTvaq0zuZ3I rdlzoHPvPatYJ+dtLrMZITkCb6Mj+qC9gC7hu2AEPjTdHiL4RR37NswBwbQr9bw= =/0fO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
