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Breaking News - Platforms:
Developer Resources For IBM Power Architecture Now Available
IBM accelerated its plans to openly collaborate and build a community of
innovation around its Power microprocessor architecture, unveiling dedicated
developer resources for the Power Architecture at no-cost for customers, ISVs
and IBM Business Partners.
The online resources include technical training, a collaborative Power
Architecture portal, and software downloads for developers evaluating or
including IBM middleware running on Linux and Power Architecture systems (IBM
eServer iSeries and pSeries servers). Resources for other Power-based systems,
such as the Macintosh Apple G5, are also provided.
"IBM is creating a platform for innovation that enables researchers and
electronics makers to add the features and capabilities that will drive new
devices and applications," said Gina Poole, vice president of IBM Web
Communities and Developer Relations. "Development resources for the Power
Architecture is intended to help developers propel application development by
providing community support and direction for innovation and collaboration."
The Power Architecture is used to create chips for everything from game
systems to PCs to servers to supercomputers, providing developers a broad
platform of solutions upon which to deliver highly customizable applications
based on Linux and IBM's middleware products.
The new developer resources include downloads, documents and trial software
geared to help developers port and deploy their applications on Power-based
chip designs. This includes a collaborative portal for the Power Architecture
community which is the first step in building a broader community around the
architecture. The portal provides a place for developers to find resources,
and begin establishing a governance model to help guide future directions for
innovation and collaboration.
It also includes a Power Architecture Pack which is a no-charge, downloadable
evaluation kit that lets designers create custom Power chips in a simulation
environment. It allows engineers to simulate a system-on-chip design based on
their own intellectual property coupled with a Power processor.
Additional Power developer resources featuring 30 documents related to the
architecture are available on developerWorks, including a developer's guide to
the PowerPC microprocessor; an intro level article that provides an overview
of the instruction set, important registers and other details necessary for
developing reliable, high performance PowerPC applications and maintaining
code compatibility among processors.
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