HACKER Q&A
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Why is Open POWER Foundation a wasteland?


Why is the Open POWER Foundation website a desolate post-apocalyptic wasteland compared to riscv.org?

Just ten years ago PowerPC was getting so much love (at least, a little love). What has possessed people who relied on that ecosystem to dump it so wholeheartedly?

  👤 simfree Accepted Answer ✓
IBM spun out their foundries to Global Foundaries (formerly part of AMD) a decade ago, then refused to commit to Global Foundaries next major process upgrades.

Staying on the bleeding edge of silicon requires massive investment, which they weren't willing to make.

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-01-02-GlobalFoundries-and-IBM-...