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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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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

2

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Optimization of hardware and software

Data is the basis of competitive value with potential to change the game

3

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Cross community engagement drives mutual progress

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This is what a revolution looks like