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0 pointsTheAmazingRace9mo ago0 comments

We kinda have this with IBM POWER 9. Though that chip launched 8 years ago now, so I'm hoping IBM's next chip can also avoid any proprietary blobs.

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reactordev9mo ago· 1 in thread

Indeed with the OpenPOWER foundation.

Let’s hope some of that trickles down to consumer hardware.

Unlikely: POWER10 required blobs, and there's no sign that'll change for Power 11.

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