<story><title>IBM Open-Sources Power Chip Instruction Set</title><url>https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/08/20/big-blue-open-sources-power-chip-instruction-set/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kop316</author><text>I own a Talos II (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.raptorcs.com&amp;#x2F;TALOSII&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.raptorcs.com&amp;#x2F;TALOSII&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;) computer. It actually runs an official port of Debian (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.debian.org&amp;#x2F;PPC64&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.debian.org&amp;#x2F;PPC64&lt;/a&gt;) on it, which includes a compiler.</text></item><item><author>bem94</author><text>I have so many questions:&lt;p&gt;- Where can I get the ISA specification?[1]&lt;p&gt;- Where can I get a compiler?&lt;p&gt;- Is there a link to the &amp;quot;softcore model&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;With RISC-V you can start very simple and small (micro-controller) and work your way up in understanding and implementation to a very large core (application class). POWER is a monster of an architecture, designed more for &amp;quot;big iron&amp;quot;. I guess that might limit the &amp;quot;hobbyist&amp;quot; factor RISC-V has.&lt;p&gt;1. This I think, all 1200 pages of it: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;?resource_lib=power-isa-version-3-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;?resource_lib=power-isa-vers...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cipherboy</author><text>Fedora [0], Red Hat [1], Ubuntu [2], and SUSE [3] all have their own ppc64le ports as well so there are lots of choices out there if anyone is interested.&lt;p&gt;Even Gentoo has one [4][5]!&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;alt.fedoraproject.org&amp;#x2F;alt&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;alt.fedoraproject.org&amp;#x2F;alt&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;access.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;documentation&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;red_hat_enterprise_linux&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;html-single&amp;#x2F;8.0_release_notes&amp;#x2F;index#architectures&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;access.redhat.com&amp;#x2F;documentation&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;red_hat_enterp...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;download&amp;#x2F;server&amp;#x2F;power&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ubuntu.com&amp;#x2F;download&amp;#x2F;server&amp;#x2F;power&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.suse.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;power&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.suse.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;power&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[4]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.gentoo.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Handbook:PPC64&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.gentoo.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Handbook:PPC64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[5]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gentoo.org&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gentoo.org&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>IBM Open-Sources Power Chip Instruction Set</title><url>https://www.nextplatform.com/2019/08/20/big-blue-open-sources-power-chip-instruction-set/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kop316</author><text>I own a Talos II (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.raptorcs.com&amp;#x2F;TALOSII&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.raptorcs.com&amp;#x2F;TALOSII&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;) computer. It actually runs an official port of Debian (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.debian.org&amp;#x2F;PPC64&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wiki.debian.org&amp;#x2F;PPC64&lt;/a&gt;) on it, which includes a compiler.</text></item><item><author>bem94</author><text>I have so many questions:&lt;p&gt;- Where can I get the ISA specification?[1]&lt;p&gt;- Where can I get a compiler?&lt;p&gt;- Is there a link to the &amp;quot;softcore model&amp;quot;?&lt;p&gt;With RISC-V you can start very simple and small (micro-controller) and work your way up in understanding and implementation to a very large core (application class). POWER is a monster of an architecture, designed more for &amp;quot;big iron&amp;quot;. I guess that might limit the &amp;quot;hobbyist&amp;quot; factor RISC-V has.&lt;p&gt;1. This I think, all 1200 pages of it: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;?resource_lib=power-isa-version-3-0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;openpowerfoundation.org&amp;#x2F;?resource_lib=power-isa-vers...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mshook</author><text>If I may ask why did you get it, which reasons? I like the cool non x86 factor but it&amp;#x27;s quite expensive...&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Forgot to mention the open argument which is quite amazing as well (I&amp;#x27;ve followed what Talos does).</text></comment>