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Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by wmf on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @07:16PM (#7637546)
Sure, the article itself can explain it: "But analysts say the embrace of Power has two crucial advantages for Google. First, the Internet giant builds its own data centers and tweaks the technology in its server computers, and the licensing regime in the Power foundation is hacker-friendly in a way Intel’s handling of its intellectual property is not. The second advantage for Google is negotiating power..."
Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by protomyth on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @08:49PM (#7637918)
I read the article and didn't find their little explanation to be that good, that's why I asked. Why PowerPC? Why not SPARC or ARM? What got them this involved?
Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by ternaryoperator on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @11:16PM (#7638326)
Given the hatred between Google and Oracle, I expect that even if SPARC were a better solution, Google would look everywhere else first.
Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by wmf on Wednesday April 23, 2014 @11:40PM (#7638381)
Power8 has equal or better performance than Intel; ARM isn't even close.
Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by erikj on Thursday April 24, 2014 @04:34AM (#7639006)
PowerPC and POWER are different architectures.
Re:IBM Opens Power Microprocessor Architecture by protomyth on Thursday April 24, 2014 @06:06PM (#7643402)
The PowerPC chips fall under the Power ISA standards documents.