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GPU Compute / Accelerators / Re: the microcode question

« Last post by MauryG5 on Today at 03:44:49 am »

I currently have a 4K display and can use that resolution on my Power system. Also if I run the command to check 3D acceleration enabled, it tells me that it is enabled on my board. I use an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT to get all of this.

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GPU Compute / Accelerators / Re: nVidia official proprietary and open source code for POWER

« Last post by MauryG5 on Today at 03:41:17 am »

It would be interesting if they could be used to make the RTX series for example from Nvdia work properly. In September, the new RTXs with AMPERE architecture will be released that promise to be really powerful, the problem is that we need someone who knows how to bring that code you are talking about, on Power ... Unfortunately Nvidia insists on not wanting to create an open source version of its drivers and this angered even the Linux creator ...!

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General OpenPOWER Discussion / Re: News?

« Last post by MauryG5 on August 07, 2020, 01:45:05 pm »

We miss you all at the face to face conferences; those were excellent venues for more niche product lines like ours and we have yet to find a viable substitute.  Here's hoping 2021 will bring back the more decentralized physical events (i.e. supplant the Google/Amazon/Microsoft/Intel/AMD-dominated online events) and we'll get you see you in person with some of the technologies we're working on for 2021 / 2022!

I always hope to know more about Axon AIO, especially now that Power 10 is still far away ...! I hope you will soon give us some news of what these new Power 9s will look like and if we can use them to upgrade, obviously accompanied by the new RAM that AXON AIO requires ... We always stay connected ... :-)

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General OpenPOWER Discussion / Re: News?

« Last post by pocock on August 07, 2020, 09:46:00 am »

Raptor may not want to have all these extra chores though.  A lot of organizations recently started hiring people in eastern European countries to help with things like this.

For example,

• phpList has set up a small office in Albania
• Debian had an Outreachy intern from Albania to handle contact DebConf sponsors
• Prishtina Hackerspace, in Kosovo, has received funding from other groups to hire a publicity officer on a permanent basis

The wage expectations vary, starting from about $300/month for a student in a non-technical field.  There are a small number of really good developers there but they insist on globally competitive rates of pay.  In between those two extremes there are many possibilities or opportunities to piggy back on other groups there.

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General OpenPOWER Discussion / Re: News?

« Last post by MPC7500 on August 07, 2020, 08:17:24 am »

Second that. A Raptor news section would be good on this board. I only joined Twitter because of Raptor ...

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General OpenPOWER Discussion / Re: News?

« Last post by surf on August 06, 2020, 06:59:26 pm »

Indeed, our Twitter feed is the main place we tend to post minor updates or news articles.

Thanks for the reply.  I wish you guys luck with your open source projects, and I will stay tuned!

FWIW when I go to the twitter web page I get a cute blue cartoon picture of a bird.  If you (or someone) could post relevant news here or on the Raptor web page I would appreciate it.

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General OpenPOWER Discussion / Raptor/PowerPC Training

« Last post by cchinicz on August 05, 2020, 09:58:24 am »

Anyone ever thought about Training for users willing to make better use of their powerful Talos/Blackbird? Does Raptor provide any?

A basic training could include aspects related to Hardware (what's inside your machine, how to add PCI devices like video cards and additional disks, how to add memory, compatibility issues, etc.). Firmware (how to update, how to setup secure boot) and Software (what OSs are available, applications, repositories, general config tips, etc.).

I would pay for content that would help me make a better use of my Blackbird.

Anyone knows what is Raptor customer profile? individuals? corporations? universities? maybe these would be target audience for Training.

I remember DOS and later on Windows 3, 3.1 and so on. MS conquered the end user and Windows became ubiquitous in the corporate environment (servers/AD, SQL, Exchange, Sharepoint, Dynamics, etc.). I do not expect Raptor products ti become so popular, after all it's a niche product. Also, IBM dominates in the data center with power servers, leveraging their presence in this market, support capabilities, sales channels, etc.. I wonder the target market for Raptor is made of enthusiasts, developers and researchers.

At least this community could benefit from Training and grow to perpetuate Raptor.

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 32 is released

« Last post by MauryG5 on August 05, 2020, 07:08:19 am »

Unfortunately up to version 5.7.9, the kernel does not work having mounted the Radeon 5700 Navi 10, I hope that at least with 5.8 they solve this situation ...

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Linux kernel 5.8 is out!

« Last post by MauryG5 on August 05, 2020, 07:05:16 am »

I too would like to understand, how Axon AIO will be implemented, because it is known that at the end of the year he will come out and not Power 10. I would like to understand if being always of the Power 9 line, we will be able to do the direct upgrade without a new motherboard, or else it will be anyway a new motherboard with a new Soc. From what I understood in the few articles published on Axon AIO, IBM wants to update all its servers with this processor and therefore inevitably it must have the same soc and consequently we should also be able to benefit . I know that only RAM needs to be changed because Axon AIO needs a different type of memory than the current one ... Can you tell us something more specific about this? Thank you

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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: [NEWS] Fedora 32 is released

« Last post by sharkcz on August 04, 2020, 03:17:02 am »

FWIW there is another bug in the 5.7+ kernels with the amdgpu driver, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1171, but workaround exists.