Microsoft’s Project Olympus OCP Server Runs Qualcomm’s ARM Processor
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies (QCT) is working with Microsoft to enable a variety of Azure cloud workloads using its 10 nanometer ...
In Focus: OCP
🏛️ Open Compute Project (OCP) Open Hardware Collaboration for Hyperscale and AI Infrastructure | |
| The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an industry organization focused on open designs and specifications for data center infrastructure, including servers, networking, storage, power, cooling, racks and AI systems. OCP brings together hyperscalers, equipment vendors, semiconductor companies and infrastructure operators to accelerate open innovation across large-scale computing environments. | |
| Why It Matters | AI infrastructure is pushing data center architectures toward higher density, greater power demand and new networking requirements. OCP provides a neutral forum where the industry can define open hardware and system-level approaches for hyperscale cloud and AI deployments. |
| Category | Industry Consortium |
| Mission | Advance open hardware, system design and infrastructure specifications for scalable, efficient and interoperable data centers. |
| Focus Areas | AI infrastructure • Data center networking • Open hardware • Power and cooling • Rack-scale systems • Optical interconnects • Cloud infrastructure |
| Key Members | Google • Meta • Microsoft • NVIDIA • Intel • AMD • Broadcom • Cisco |
| Related Technologies | AI Infrastructure • MRC • Ultra Ethernet • Co-Packaged Optics |
| Related Organizations | Linux Foundation • OIF • Ultra Ethernet Consortium |
Cavium’s ARM-based ThunderX2 Powers Microsoft’s Project Olympus Server
At the Open Compute Summit in Santa Clara, California, Cavium announced that its ThunderX2 ARMv8-A Data Center processor is being ...
Radisys Announces DCEngine Release 1.0 Management Software
Radisys announced its DCEngine Management Software Release 1.0 for optimizing resources for hyperscale data centers, The software is now available ...
Open Compute Project Summit Kicks Off in Silicon Valley
The 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit kicks off on March 8th and is expected to attract 2,000 attendees interested ...
Apstra Demos Wedge Switch Running its OS
Apstra, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, released its Apstra Operating System (AOS) 1.1.1 and an integration with Wedge ...
Barefoot Contributes Wedge 100B Switch Designs to OCP
Barefoot Networks unveiled two Wedge 100B switch designs based on its Tofino 6.5 Tb/s Ethernet switch chip: Wedge100BF-32X, a 3.2Tb/s ...
Radisys’ CG-OpenRack-19 Spec Accepted by Open Compute Project
Radisys announced that its CG-OpenRack-19 specification has been accepted by Open Compute Project Foundation. The design is a scalable carrier-grade ...
Microsoft Announces Project Olympus – OCP Hardware Designs
Microsoft, in collaboration with the Open Compute Project (OCP), announced Project Olympus – a next generation hyperscale cloud hardware design ...
Facebook and Google Agree on 48v Open Rack Standard Architecture
Google and Facebook have collaborated on an Open Rack v2.0 Standard, which specifies a 48V power architecture with a modular, ...
OpenPOWER Advances in HyperScale Data Center Race
Since its founding two years ago, the OpenPOWER Foundation, which is an open development alliance based on IBM's POWER microprocessor ...
Video: Equinix Joins Telecom Infrastructure Project
Equinix has just joined OCP's Telecom Infrastructure Project, which aims to bring the same principles of openness and disaggregation to ...
Here’s what Happened at Open Compute Project Summit
In the five years since its launch, the Open Compute Project (OCP) has chalked up dozens of innovations and technical ...
Panasonic’s “freeze-ray” Long-term Storge Uses 300 GB Optical Discs
Panasonic unveiled its enhanced "freeze-ray" series Data Archiver, which uses 300GB Optical Discs for long-term storage. The system was developed ...
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