An introduction to the OpenPOWER Foundation for the Open Source Days event in Copenhagen in Feb 2016. Why it was created and how the open ecosystem based on the POWER architecture is driving innovation. A more detailed overview can be found here -> ibm.biz/openpower_overview Join the rebellion :)

1. The OpenPOWER Foundation
Dr Mandie Quartly
OpenPOWER Global Alliances, Europe, IBM
@mandieq

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What would you do?
∞ 0
Performance Cost

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The only constant is change...
Source

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Time
ITEfficiency
Multi-Core
Multi-Thread
Workload
Optimised
Systems
1970’s ~2004 ~2015 >>2025
Quantum, DNA,
Neural or ???
computing
CLOCK ERA CLOUD ERA WOS ERA QUANTUM ERA
Scaling
Single thread

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Demands and consumption of technology are changing too..

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Introducing the OpenPOWER Foundation…
5 Founding members in 2013

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Accelerated innovation
through collaboration of
partners
Amplified capabilities
driving industry
performance leadership
Vibrant ecosystem
through open
development
What's OpenPOWER all about?
OpenPOWER is an open development community
using the POWER Architecture

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OpenPOWER today

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Speed to innovation | Standards | Choice

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Open allows you to create what you need

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Open allows you to create what you need
(sometimes those things can be very specific to a certain need...)

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What's the best tool for the job?

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What's so special about POWER anyway?

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Memory
Buffer
DRAM
Chips
POWER8
Up to 12 Cores, up to 96 Threads
L1, L2, L3 + L4 Caches
Up to 1 TB per socket
Up to 230 GB/s sustained memory
bandwidth
POWER8 Processor – the low down...

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NVIDIA NVLink Technology
NVIDIA Tesla GPU NVIDIA Tesla GPU with NVLink
POWER8 POWER8
with NVLink
80 GB/s
Peak*
PCIe x16
Current GPU Attach
Graphics Memory
System Memory
Graphics Memory Graphics Memory
System Memory
40+40
GB/s
40+40 GB/s
16+16 GB/s
Future NVLink GPU
Attachment

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2015 2016 2017
POWER8 POWER8' POWER9
CAPI Interface NVLink
Enhanced CAPI
& NVLink
Connect-IB
FDR Infiniband
PCIe Gen3
ConnectX-4
EDR Infiniband
CAPI over PCIe Gen3
ConnectX-5
Next-Gen Infiniband
Enhanced CAPI over PCIe Gen4
Mellanox
Interconnect
IBM CPUs
NVIDIA GPUs
Kepler
PCIe Gen3
Volta
Enhanced NVLink
Pascal
NVLink
Systems
Joint roadmaps looking forward...

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Typical I/O Model FlowTypical I/O Model Flow
Flow with a Coherent ModelFlow with a Coherent Model
Shared Mem.
Notify Accelerator
Shared Mem.
Notify Accelerator AccelerationAcceleration
Shared Memory
Completion
Shared Memory
Completion
CAPP PCIe
POWER8 Processor
DD CallDD Call
Copy or Pin
Source Data
Copy or Pin
Source Data
MMIO Notify
Accelerator
MMIO Notify
Accelerator
AccelerationAcceleration
Poll / Int
Completion
Poll / Int
Completion
Copy or Unpin
Result Data
Copy or Unpin
Result Data
Ret. From DD
Completion
Ret. From DD
Completion
FPGA
Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI)

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Linux support for POWER
Same source and distribution release schedules as x86
Simplified x86 application migration with little endian distributions
Enterprise support for all three from IBM or distributors

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Back to the original question...
∞ 0
Performance Cost

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A spectrum of “caring”...
“I couldn't care
less about the
platform”
“I want to change
the specifics of
<stack part>”

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● Change is inevitable
● Open is good
● What's the best tool for the job?
OpenPOWER is all about ecosystem...
=> collaboration through open development
=> speed to innovation => price / performance

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Join the rebellion!
Main website → openpowerfoundation.org
Overview → ibm.biz/openpower_overview
mandie_quartly@uk.ibm.com

23. Reference material

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New IBM “LC” Power Systems for Linux
S812LC CPUCPU
MemoryMemory
1x POWER8 CPU
10 cores, 2.9-3.3 GHz
Up to 1TB Memory
115 GB/s Memory Bandwith
14 Drives (84TB, HDD, SSD)
Optimized for
Hadoop, Spark
S822LC CPUCPU
MemoryMemory
Built for CPU
Performance, CAPI
Differentiation
CPUCPU
2x POWER8 CPU
10 cores each, 2.9-3.3 GHz
Up to 1TB Memory
230 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
Opt. CAPI-attached accelerators
S822LC
HPC
CPUCPU
MemoryMemory
Built for GPU
Acceleration
CPUCPU 2x POWER8 CPU
10 cores each, 2.9-3.3 GHz
Up to 1TB Memory
230 GB/s Memory Bandwidth
2x NVIDIA Tesla K80 GPUsGPUGPU GPUGPU

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Data Engine for NoSQL with 40TB CAPI-attached flash
Load Balancer
500GB Cache
Node
10Gb
Uplink
POWER8 Server
Flash Array w/ up
to 40TB
After: NoSQL POWER8 + CAPI
Flash
WWW
10Gb
Uplink
WWW
Backup Nodes
500GB Cache
Node500GB Cache
Node
500GB Cache
Node500GB Cache
Node
Before: NoSQL in memory
(x86)
24
U
4U
Less is More
24:1 physical server consolidation =
6x less rack space
24:1
server consolidation
3x
lower cost per user

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Membership
Level
Annual Fee
$ USD
FTEs Technical Steering Committee Board / Voting position
Platinum $100k 10 One seat per member not otherwise
represented
Includes board position
Includes TSC position
Gold $60k 3 May be on TSC if
Work group lead
Gold members may elect one board
representative per three gold members
Silver $20k
$5k if <300 employees 0 May be on TSC if
Work group lead
Sliver members may elect one board
representative for all silver members
Associate &
Academic
$0 0 May be on TSC if
Work group lead
May be elected to one community
observer, non-voting Board seat
 The OpenPOWER Foundation is a Not-for-profit entity with a Board of Directors and a Technical Steering
Committee.
• Membership levels provide either a default Board of Director position (Platinum) or an opportunity to be elected to the Board (Gold,
Silver, and Assoc/Academic members). The Bylaws include additional governance detail.
• Technical Steering Committee is formed from Work group Leads and Platinum members.
 Membership options include Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate / Academic memberships
• Annual fee and dedicated full-time equivalent (FTEs) - verification of FTEs on honor system
• Contributors, committers, Work group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee
• Associate / Academic level is not available to corporations
Membership agreement, Bylaws, and IP Rights Policy available for review
www.openpowerfoundation.org
Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER. Membership levels are designed for those that are investing to grow and enhance the
OpenPOWER community and its proliferation within the industry.
Membership Options

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Engage in the OpenPOWER communityACTIONACTIONOUTCOMEOUTCOMEINTERESINTERES
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Technology and Software
Innovators
Discuss areas of
collaboration and synergy in
OpenPOWER.
Sign up for membership and
join a work group.
Build technical and business
relationships.
Develop
collaborative innovations
with compelling value
Innovators, Integrators,
and Partners
Deep understanding of
workload demands and
consumption preferences of
end users.
Team with innovators and
end users to drive
requirements, engage in
specific projects.
Deliver
collaborative innovations
with compelling value
End Users
Strategic imperatives and
workload demands for
performance and cost
optimization.
Require open software and
systems with choice and
flexibility.
Engage directly on system
design options.
Deploy
collaborative innovations
with compelling value

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OpenPOWER Work Group Roadmap
2014 2015 2016
Developer Platform
System SW
HW Architecture
Accelerator
Compliance
Proposed
Work Groups Integrated Solutions
Pers Med
SP010 – Tyan OpenPOWER Customer Reference System
CAPI – Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface
ABI – Application Binary Interface
AFU – Accelerator Function Unit
FSI – Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Service Interface
SDK – Software Developer Kit
25g IO Compatibility
FSI Spec
Memory
OpenPOWER I/O
Work Group
Charter
Compliance Specification
Draft Review WG Spec
Comp
STD
Charter
OpenPOWER ISA Profile V1
IO Device Architecture V2
Coherent Accel Intf Arch
OpenPOWER ISA Profile V2
IO Device Architecture V3
Coherent Accel Intf Arch
Charter P8 SP010
Data
P8 2U2S
Reference
P8+ 1U1S
Reference
P8+ 2U2S
Reference
OPMB Intf. Spec V1Charter
Charter CAPI AFU Intf Spec V1
OpenCL SDK
CAPI AFU Intf Spec V2
Charter
CAPI Linux
SDK 64b ABI
Platform Ref
Sys I/O Enablement GuideCharter
Charter 25g IO Spec
OPMB – OpenPOWER Memory Bus

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Designed for Data
Optimised price-performance for the unique needs of Spark
S812LC delivers optimized Spark price-performance based
on 10 SparkBench benchmarks
– Complete the same Spark workloads for less than ½ the cost
of Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 systems
o 2.3X BETTER performance per dollar spent
– 94% more Spark workloads in the same rack space versus
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 systems
o 1.94X BETTER performance per system (10 core S812LC vs 24
core DL380)
IBM S812LC
10c/80t
• All results are based on IBM Internal Testing of 10 SparkBench benchmarks consisting of SQL RDD Relation, Twitter, Pageview Streaming, PageRank,
Logistic Regression, SVD++, TriangleCount, SVM, MF, SQL Hive
• IBM Power System S812LC 10 cores / 80 threads, POWER8; 2.9GHz, 256 GB memory, Ubuntu 15.04, Spark 1.4, OpenJDK 1.8
• Intel Xeon HP DL380; 24 cores / 48 threads, E5-2690 v3; 2.3GHz , 256 GB memory. Ubuntu 15.04, Spark 1.4, OpenJDK 1.8
• Pricing is based on list prices of HP DL380 and estimated prices of IBM Power S82LC
HP DL380
E5-2690 v3
24c/48t
IBM S812LC
10c/80t
HP DL380
E5-2690 v3
24c/48t

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• 50 IBM Innovation Centers
• Compelling PoCs
• Support for little endian applications
Over 1,800 Linux
ISVs developing on
Power
Big Data & Machine
Learning
Big Data & Machine
LearningCloudCloud Mobile EnterpriseMobile EnterpriseHPCHPC
miniDFTminiDFT
CTHCTH
BLASTBLAST
BowtieBowtie
BWABWA
FASTAFASTA
HMMERHMMER
GATKGATK
SOAP3SOAP3
STAC-A2STAC-A2
SHOCSHOC
Graph500Graph500
IlogIlog
CHARMMCHARMM
GROMACSGROMACS
NAMDNAMD
AMBERAMBER
RTMRTM
GAMESSGAMESS
WRFWRF
HYCOMHYCOM
HOMMEHOMME
LESLES
MiniGhostMiniGhost
AMG2013AMG2013
OpenFOAMOpenFOAM