IBM sells x86 server business to build power biosphere

"Tenkine Server Channel review" IBM eventually sold all x86 server business, please note that there is no reservation. By doing this we can see that IBM is so determined to be insulated from x86 and to focus entirely on its own power architecture. IBM was set up last year to launch the OpenPOWER program. At the heart of this program is the open IBM Power microprocessor hardware and software architecture, where companies within the OpenPOWER Alliance can obtain power licensing and enable the customization and openness of power processors.

The OpenPOWER program is dedicated to creating a healthier and more prosperous power biosphere. Powerhttp://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/18671.html "> Hardware and software will be open to Alliance members for the first time, and Alliance members will have access to open-source power firmware, the software that controls basic chip functionality. With IBM's authorization, affiliate companies can also use IBM-designed circuits in chip designs to develop related products, such as servers, networks, and storage devices, with other members of the consortium. As a result, IBM and the entire alliance will provide unprecedented openness to help developers tailor new server hardware to various computing workloads.

In recent years, IBM has accelerated the construction of the power biosphere. Google may be customizing Low-power power server Clusters in the data center; Mellanox with InfiniBand, Ethernet switches, they might be able to use power to implement software definition network Sdn;nvidia is to work with IBM to promote High-performance computing projects, For example, the calculation and various types of high-performance analysis projects. In May 2013, IBM founded the first power technology based Linux Development Center--power BAE Linux Center in Beijing. With the help of the center, more than 550 new applications based on the power architecture have been developed so far.

In 2013, IBM launched the Power Day plan for the Chinese market, packaging powerlinux servers, Linux operating systems, and VAD value-added reseller partners to form a camp box solution that helps users reduce the cost of using the power platform and application thresholds.

In addition, IBM has invested 1 billion of dollars in strengthening Linux development this year, extending Linux's core virtualization platform KVM to Powersystems, and IBM has become the OpenStack Foundation's top Platinum Member, and actively will powersystems and System Z mainframe through OpenStack in the cloud platform level integration.

We can see that IBM is bite in power, and after selling the x86 business, IBM will do its best to promote the construction of power biosphere. We will see if power can challenge x86 's market position.