[coreboot] FYI: Raptor's new POWER9-based "Blackbird" open for pre-order

[Merlin Büge]

Hi all,


Just for your interest, there's a new POWER9-based mainboard from
Raptor called "Blackbird", with a much lower price point than the
TalosII which seems to be more desktop class than server oriented:

https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1MB1/intro.html

There's also a 4-core and an 8-core bundle:
https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/purchase.html
https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B02/purchase.html

This could make for a nice coreboot target, since so much documentation
is open, and since it shares the open source spirit with coreboot...

Documentation is available on the wiki:
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Main_Page


Cheers, Merlin

PS: I know this isn't fully on-topic, so I hope nobody minds me
sharing it here.

PPS: There's a special pricing going on until monday midnight!

[Timothy Pearson]

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Post by Merlin Büge
Hi all,
Just for your interest, there's a new POWER9-based mainboard from
Raptor called "Blackbird", with a much lower price point than the
https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1MB1/intro.html
https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B01/purchase.html
https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/BK1B02/purchase.html
This could make for a nice coreboot target, since so much documentation
is open, and since it shares the open source spirit with coreboot...
https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Main_Page
Cheers, Merlin
PS: I know this isn't fully on-topic, so I hope nobody minds me
sharing it here.
PPS: There's a special pricing going on until monday midnight!

Quick follow-up: We'd love to see coreboot on these platforms. Could
even swing some free development hardware for people that are willing to
collaborate on it.

We have a page on our Wiki here that is attempting to track what is
needed and get a port off the ground:

https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Coreboot/ToDo

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Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
[phone] (direct line)
[phone] (switchboard)
https://www.raptorengineering.com
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