The new standard is called Open Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (OpenCAPI). It is an open platform to provide “high bandwidth, low latency open interface design specification.”
According to Reuters news agency OpenCAPI will enable cloud data servers to processing for big data, machine learning and analytics.
According to a statement from the consortium, OpenCAPI will be publicly avaible by the end of 2016 with products and servers based on the open standard to be in markets by the middle of 2017.
The global market leader in microprocessors for PC and mobile, Intel Corp has the reputation of being closed up and not sharing its technologies, so the decision to not contribute tot he open specification is in line with their traditional policies. Other open standards tech alliances it has stayed out of include CCIX and Gen-Z.
IBM used to have a similar thinking to Intel Corp, but things are changing for them.
Reuters further quotes, Doug Balog, general manager for IBM Power, "As artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced analytics become the price of doing business in today's digital era, huge volumes of data are now the norm…it's clear that today's data centers can no longer rely on one company alone to drive innovation…"
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Regina is a reporter for BW Businessworld. In her previous assignments, she has worked with Independent television Network as a news anchor and reporter in Sri Lanka
