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0 pointsTheAmazingRace6mo ago0 comments

We kinda have this with IBM POWER 9. Though that chip launched 8 years ago now, so I'm hoping IBM's next chip can also avoid any proprietary blobs.

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Indeed with the OpenPOWER foundation.

Let’s hope some of that trickles down to consumer hardware.

Unlikely: POWER10 required blobs, and there's no sign that'll change for Power 11.

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0 pointsTheAmazingRace6mo ago0 comments

We kinda have this with IBM POWER 9. Though that chip launched 8 years ago now, so I'm hoping IBM's next chip can also avoid any proprietary blobs.

Indeed with the OpenPOWER foundation.

Let’s hope some of that trickles down to consumer hardware.

Unlikely: POWER10 required blobs, and there's no sign that'll change for Power 11.

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