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'''Welcome to the Raptor Computing Systems Wiki!'''
 
'''Welcome to the Raptor Computing Systems Wiki!'''
  
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Community provided information about [[Raptor Computing Systems|Raptor Computing Systems]]' Talos™ systems and software, along with application and software level information concerning [[OpenPOWER|OpenPOWER]] / [[PowerNV|PowerNV]] and [[POWER9|POWER9]], is welcome here.
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This community-driven Wiki provides documentation about:
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* [[Raptor Computing Systems|Raptor Computing Systems]] hardware and software like [[Talos II]]™ and [[Blackbird]]™
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* application and software concerning [[OpenPOWER|OpenPOWER]] / [[PowerNV|PowerNV]] and [[POWER9|POWER9]].
  
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Please consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
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See the '''[[Special:AllPages|list of all pages]]''' or use the '''search function''' to search for specific topics (since not every wiki page is directly linked here).
  
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== Getting started ==
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Use the '''[https://forums.raptorcs.com/ Raptor CS community forum] for discussions'''.
  
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* [[Talos II|Talos II]]
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Please consult the '''[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents Wiki User's Guide]''' on how to use and contribute to the Wiki.
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** [[Hardware Compatibility List|Hardware Compatibility List]]
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** [[Operating System Compatibility List|Operating System Compatibility List]]
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<div style="display:table;width:100%;border-spacing:0.5em;">
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** [[Talos II Beginner's Quick Start Guide]]
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<div style="display:table-row;">
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<div style="display:table-cell;width:50%;border: solid 1px #999; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.2em; background-color: #e5e5f5;">
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<h3 style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;">Users</h3>
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* [[RCS_Platform_Comparison|Comparison of key features (Talos II/Lite/Blackbird/Condor)]]
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* [[Talos II Beginner's Quick Start Guide]]
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* [[:Category:Guides|How-to guides]]
 
** [[Verifying DVDs]]
 
** [[Verifying DVDs]]
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** [[Talos_II/Compiling_Firmware|Compiling Firmware]]
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** [[Getting System Information]]
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** [[Platform Comparison]]
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* Platforms:
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** [[:Category:Gallery|Gallery of assembled systems]]
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** [[Talos II|Talos II]]
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** [[:Category:Documentation|POWER9 Documentation]]
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** [[Blackbird]]
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* [[Platform Comparison|Platform Comparison to x86]]
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* [[IRC|IRC chat]]
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* [[:Category:Gallery|Gallery of assembled systems]]
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* [[:Category:User Systems|Descriptions of user systems]]
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* [[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]]
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</div>
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<div style="display:table-cell;border: solid 1px #999; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.2em; background-color: #e5e5f5;">
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<h3 style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;">News</h3>
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<!-- I think the convention here is to only have duplicate information, so that it can be safely removed when outdated; for example when adding an event, make sure to also add it to the Events page -->
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<h4>Raptor + OpenPOWER</h4>
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* At ''[https://www.hotchips.org/ HotChips] 32'' on August 17 2020, IBM presented POWER10
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* Since March (2020-03), the OpenPOWER Foundation hosts weekly informal [https://openpowerfoundation.org/openpower-virtual-coffee-calls/ "virtual coffee" teleconference calls] for users, developers, and those otherwise interested in OpenPOWER. Please be aware of the time-zone (bottom left) if looking at the Google web calendar.
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* IBM is stating that Power is not vulnerable to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitectural_Data_Sampling MDS vulnerabilites] (Fallout, RIDL, ZombieLoad). [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-addresses-reported-intel-security-vulnerabilities/ 1], [https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/ibm-addresses-reported-intel-security-vulnerabilities/ 2]
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Past events where RCS systems were on display are [[Events|listed at the events page]].
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<h4>This Wiki</h4>
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* A [[Talos II/Building FAQ|Building FAQ]] has been started.
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* Initial [[Hardware Compatibility List#Memory|RAM compatibility]] lists are now available.
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* [[Power ISA/Privilege States#Ultravisor State|Ultravisor State]] is still not very well understood.
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* [[Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities of 2018|Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities of 2018]]
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* A [[Desktop Roadmap]] has been started.
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</div>
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</div>
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<h3 style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;">Compatibility</h3>
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<h4>Hardware</h4>
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* [[POWER9 Hardware Compatibility List|POWER9]]
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** [[POWER9 Hardware Compatibility List/Memory|Memory compatibility]]
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** [[POWER9 Hardware Compatibility List/PCIe Devices|PCIe device compatibility]]
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* [[Talos II/Hardware Compatibility List|Talos II specific compatibility]]
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* [[Blackbird/Hardware Compatibility List|Blackbird specific compatibility]]
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<h4>Software</h4>
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* [[Operating System Compatibility List|Operating System Compatibility List]]
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* [[Games Compatibility|Game Compatibility List]]
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* [[Fixes in Progress]]
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</div>
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<div style="display:table-cell;border: solid 1px #999; padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.2em; background-color: #e5e5f5;">
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<h3 style="margin-top:0;padding-top:0;">Developers</h3>
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* [[:Category:Documentation|POWER9 Documentation]]
 
* [[OpenPOWER Firmware|OpenPOWER Firmware]]
 
* [[OpenPOWER Firmware|OpenPOWER Firmware]]
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* [[Talos_II/Compiling_Firmware|Compiling Firmware]]
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* [[:Category:Ports|Software Porting Efforts]]
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** [[Porting/Firefox|Firefox]]
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** [[Porting/Chromium|Chromium]]
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** [[Porting/Tor Browser|Tor Browser]]
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
  
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== News ==
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== Where to buy ==
  
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* A [[Talos II/Building FAQ|Building FAQ]] has been started
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=== Manufacturer: Raptor Computing Systems, LLC., USA ===
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* Initial [[Hardware Compatibility List#Memory|RAM compatibility]] lists are now available
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'''Available products:''' servers, workstations, mainboards/parts, custom builds, POWER9 VPS & dedicated system leases
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* [[Power ISA/Privilege States#Ultravisor State|Ultravisor State]] is still not very well understood
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* [[Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities of 2018|Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities of 2018]]
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'''Ships to:''' world-wide
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[https://raptorcs.com/ Raptor Computing Systems Homepage]
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[mailto:support@raptorcs.com email contact/helpdesk]
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[[Raptor Computing Systems Shipping|Shipping Times]]
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=== eBay ===
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'''Available products:''' CPU's
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[https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=02WP493+02CY643+02CY296+02CY642+02CY227+02CY639+02CY228+02CY637+02CY489+02CY646+02CY230+02CY640+02CY977+02WP000+02CY414+02CY644+02CY415+02CY645+02CY231+02CY641+02CY089+02CY649+02CY416+02CY647+02CY417+02CY648+02CY771+02CY781+02CY297+02CY650&_in_kw=2&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=7554&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=60 Sforza DD2.2 and DD2.3] <!-- Generated from https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Sforza#Configurations -->
  
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== Public Appearances by Raptor Computing Systems ==
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If buying a CPU for a [[Blackbird]], make sure its TDP is compatible.
  
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* [[Raptor Computing Systems|RCS]] to show [https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ Talos II] Server, Desktop and Workstation products at the [https://openpowerfoundation.org/summit-2018-03-us/ 2018 OpenPower Summit] in Las Vegas, NV per [https://twitter.com/RaptorCompSys/status/974451109585670150 1] and [https://twitter.com/RaptorCompSys/status/973259137139269633 2].
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=== P2P ===
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People occasionally sell Raptor products on [https://forums.raptorcs.com/ the Raptor Computing Systems Community Forums] and [[IRC]].
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
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* [https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/ Talos II] on the Raptor Computing Systems website
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* [https://raptorcs.com/ Raptor Computing Systems Homepage]
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* [https://openpowerfoundation.org/ OpenPOWER Foundation] homepage
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* [https://ticket.raptorcs.com/ Raptor Computing Systems Helpdesk]
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* [https://twitter.com/RaptorCompSys Raptor Computing Systems Official Twitter Account]
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* [https://git.raptorcs.com/git/ Raptor Computing Systems Git Repositories] - Official distribution channel for software/firmware releases related to RCS products
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* [https://gitlab.raptorengineering.com/ Raptor Engineering Gitlab Instance] - Open collaboration platform for software/firmware development related to RCS products
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* [https://bugs.raptorengineering.com/ Raptor Engineering Bugtracker]
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* [https://openpowerfoundation.org/ OpenPOWER Foundation Homepage]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNVcHm09eXVbvUzZkQs0_Sg/ OpenPOWER Foundation YouTube Channel]
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* [https://openpowerfoundation.org/blog/ OpenPOWER Foundation Blog]
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=== Power/OpenPOWER/PowerPC Community ===
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* [https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/ linuxppc-dev] ''the Linux on PowerPC developers mailing list''
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* [https://forums.raptorcs.com/ RCS Community Forums] ''hosted by Raptor Computing Systems''
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* [https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-power-and-powerpc-general-discussion-news-thread/122515 Level1Techs Forums] ''The POWER and PowerPC General Discussion / News Thread''
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenPOWER/ reddit] ''OpenPOWER''
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* [https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerPC/ reddit] ''PowerPC''
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* [https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/powerpc-macs.145/ MacRumors Forums] ''PowerPC Macs''
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* [https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php#powerpc-model-forums.21 68kMLA Forums] ''PowerPC Model''
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* [https://www.talospace.com/ Talospace] ''community user blog'' - news and other posts about Power and Raptor or IBM hardware
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* [https://catfox.life/author/awilfox/ The Cat Fox Life] ''community user blog'' - news and other posts about OpenPOWER/PowerPC
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* [https://sthbrx.github.io/ Store Halfword Byte-Reverse Indexed] ''A Power Technical Blog'' - news about OpenPOWER and other stuff
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* [https://shenki.github.io/ Collection of Bits] ''community user blog'' - notes from working on OpenPower, OpenBMC and Linux
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* [https://www.flamingspork.com/blog/ Ramblings] ''This is the blog of Stewart Smith'' - news about OpenPOWER and other stuff
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* [https://drewdevault.com/ Drew DeVault's blog] ''community user blog'' - news about OpenPOWER and other stuff
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* [https://vivapowerpc.eu/ VivaPowerPC] ''community user blog'' - news and other posts about OpenPOWER/PowerPC
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* [https://apfelhammer.de/ This Is Apfelhammer!] ''community user blog'' - a blog about my PowermacG5 in 2025 - and something else
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* [https://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/ PowerPC Liberation] ''community user blog'' - news about PowerPC and other Mac stuff
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* [https://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/ PPC Luddite] ''community user blog'' - news about PowerPC and other Mac stuff
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__NOTOC__

Latest revision as of 14:29, 3 July 2025

Welcome to the Raptor Computing Systems Wiki!

This community-driven Wiki provides documentation about:

See the list of all pages or use the search function to search for specific topics (since not every wiki page is directly linked here).

Use the Raptor CS community forum for discussions.

Please consult the Wiki User's Guide on how to use and contribute to the Wiki.

News

Raptor + OpenPOWER

  • At HotChips 32 on August 17 2020, IBM presented POWER10
  • Since March (2020-03), the OpenPOWER Foundation hosts weekly informal "virtual coffee" teleconference calls for users, developers, and those otherwise interested in OpenPOWER. Please be aware of the time-zone (bottom left) if looking at the Google web calendar.
  • IBM is stating that Power is not vulnerable to MDS vulnerabilites (Fallout, RIDL, ZombieLoad). 1, 2

Past events where RCS systems were on display are listed at the events page.

This Wiki

Where to buy

Manufacturer: Raptor Computing Systems, LLC., USA

Available products: servers, workstations, mainboards/parts, custom builds, POWER9 VPS & dedicated system leases

Ships to: world-wide

Raptor Computing Systems Homepage

email contact/helpdesk

Shipping Times

eBay

Available products: CPU's

Sforza DD2.2 and DD2.3

If buying a CPU for a Blackbird, make sure its TDP is compatible.

P2P

People occasionally sell Raptor products on the Raptor Computing Systems Community Forums and IRC.

External Links

Power/OpenPOWER/PowerPC Community


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