Yes, that is why for the Talos workstation Power8 was chosen: https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/pre

Yes, that is why for the Talos workstation Power8 was chosen: https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease_specs.php https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease_specs.php "POWER is the only open, owner-controllable architecture that is competitive in performance." If you are interested in using anything other than Intel ME/AMD PSP "backdoored" desktop, please register your interest, they will only build Talos if enough people want to order it.