Power10 announcement from Raptor soon?

[MPC7500]

At least this is what Toshaan Bharvani said at EuroBSDcon2023 at 3:50 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj4Q-m_WEh0&t=220s

I'll believe it when I see it.

[rjzak]

As someone in the comments on the video pointed out, at 41:27, it's stated that Raptor "found a way". Apparently some part of the memory controller is open source, but I thought there were two areas of concern, the other being a PCIe controller?

[MPC7500]

Yeah. The blobs were on two spots. But can't remember where. Maybe ClassicHasClass?
But a price of $1500 would be excellent for a PowerISA 3.1 workstation. Availability, I guess mid 2024.

[power9mm]

1500 for the cpu or a board+cpu

[MPC7500]

Entry-Level Workstation
https://youtu.be/Tj4Q-m_WEh0?t=1858

[MauryG5]

At this point only someone from Raptor can answer directly, at least to know if this thing is real or means something completely different...

[power9mm]

Well, as long as there's a Blackbird 2 I'm excited.

[tle]

I am pretty stoked to hear of the great news. I'd love to see:

* PCIe 5 support
* NVMe built-in slots
* at least 2 USB C ports
* Power Management (proper Hibernation)

[MPC7500]

If the price can be achieved I am thrilled.
It seems like IBM / OpenPOWER are starting to get it finally.

It could be that IBM is willing to make a Power10 lite or something like that. Because it's called a "PowerISA 3.1" CPU.
Apart from "Raptor will announce a Power10 system".

[power9mm]

I am pretty stoked to hear of the great news. I'd love to see:

* PCIe 5 support
* NVMe built-in slots
* at least 2 USB C ports
* Power Management (proper Hibernation)

ps/2 port is what I'd like.

[Hasturtium]

Didn't the Raptor Computing Twitter indicate that a Power10 was a huge CPU that would necessitate a single socket EATX motherboard? I want a Blackbird II: Free Software Boogaloo as much as anyone, but am tempted to think the person delivering the info has mixed something up... maybe a LibreSOC design at its heart, say?

[MauryG5]

I think the fundamental point is only 1, I don't think there are many conjectures to make, if IBM releases all the firmware, then Raptor can think of making a Power 10 machine. Otherwise I think, we will hardly see it...

[MPC7500]

Didn't the Raptor Computing Twitter indicate that a Power10 was a huge CPU that would necessitate a single socket EATX motherboard? I want a Blackbird II: Free Software Boogaloo as much as anyone, but am tempted to think the person delivering the info has mixed something up... maybe a LibreSOC design at its heart, say?

Raptor said minimum size for Power10 would be ATX. I'm fine with that.
He mentioned also LibreSOC as a SBC. Availability 2024.

[rjzak]

Raptor is working with Solid Silicon on a new Power CPU. https://x.com/raptorcompsys/status/1715147706061168822

[MPC7500]

Yes
https://forums.raptorcs.com/index.php/topic,517.0.html