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Applications and Porting / [DEV] Using Java's Vector API on PPC64LE

« on: March 14, 2025, 12:59:40 pm »

Wanted to share this video I made on our experiences with Java's Vector API (incubating) on PPC64LE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auqYQdul52k

Its a mixed bag at this point in time - some workflows benefit, while some others do not.

The implementation of Vector API is x64/AArch64, with allowances to let other architectures provide implementation in the future. Perhaps this video will help encourage JVM implementations to address the shortfall.

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Applications and Porting / Running Ollama on PPC64LE

« on: February 18, 2025, 11:11:59 am »

After reading the great post on VivaPowerPC about running Ollama on PPC64LE, I got excited and made a video following their steps, and the results I got on my Raptor Blackbird (yes, there is a shout out to VivaPowerPC for their excellent article). Wanted to share a link with the community

Has anyone else run Ollama on their PPC64LE rigs? Have benchmark results to share?
If I can get another RTX A1000 (PCIe x8) card I'll see if i can get the Nvidia ppc64le drivers to work with Ollama.

How to run Ollama on PPC64LE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iEZiwfLm8

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Applications and Porting / [DEV] How we use a Raptor Blackbird to improve PP64LE support on Apache Projects

« on: February 08, 2025, 07:05:36 pm »

Hi All,

Long time reader, first time poster.
I wanted to share a video we made about how we use a Raptor Blackbird to help improve PPC64LE support on Apache Projects.
Although the projects are written in Java, there are still many edge cases where one needs to tweak code to support PPC64LE platforms.

Improving PPC64LE support for Apache projects using a Raptor Blackbird:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrSqf5ddyI

Over the last year of using this machine, I've come to truly appreciate its raw power, and look forward to making more content featuring it as a runtime.