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From Evolution to Revolution
Calista RedmondPresident, OpenPOWER Foundation
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OpenPOWER
Open Innovation
Incorporated December 2013
Vision Execution Adoption
Opening the door, a
license to innovate
OpenPOWER Summit March 2015
Game changing
solutions
OpenPOWER Summit April 2016
From proof of concept
to industry revolution
• Hyperscale & Cloud Service Providers
• High Performance Computing & Analytics
• Domestic IT agendas
Evolution to Revolution
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We’ve transformed through revolutions of the past
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Hyperscale Data Centers,Cloud Service Providers
High Performance Computing and Analytics
North America China Europe
Leadership across industries
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Today’s challenges demand innovation
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44 zettabytes
unstructured data
2010 2020
structured data
Data holds competitive valueFull system and stack open innovation required
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Moore’s Law
Processor Technology
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Firmware / OS
Accelerators
Software
Storage
Network
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“88% of HPC users expect they will use multiple
processing architectures in the future.”
What’s influencing the industry?
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Three keys to turning our evolution into a revolution
1. 2. 3.Collaborative innovation
Open and composablesystems
Fully integrated hardware and software solutions
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Collaboration of people, ideas, and code
Welcome to the sharing economy
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Composable systems and solutions
Common building blocks spur opportunity and level the field
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Optimization of hardware and software
Data is the basis of competitive value with potential to change the game
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Cross community engagement drives mutual progress
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This is what a revolution looks like