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They want a lot of control over all the hardware in their servers. NVIDIA isn't interested in that, so they can't provide those types of servers.
by depr 3y ago
They want a lot of control over all the hardware in their servers. NVIDIA isn't interested in that, so they can't provide those types of servers.
- andrewstuart 3y agoAMD? Intel?
- throw0101a 3y agoAMD helped them write their own bootloader: > “Oxide is a strong believer in the need for open-source software at the lowest layers of the stack -- including silicon initialization and platform enablement. With the availability of AMD openSIL, AMD is showing that they share this vision. We believe that the ultimate beneficiaries of open-source silicon initialization -- as it has been for open-source revolutions elsewhere in the stack -- will be customers and end-users, and we applaud AMD for taking this important and inspiring step!” * https://community.amd.com/t5/business/empowering-the-industry-with-open-system-firmware-amd-opensil/ba-p/599644 https://community.amd.com/t5/business/empowering-the-industr... See Bryan Cantrill's (Oxide CTO) presentation on their adventures in this space: * https://www.osfc.io/2022/talks/i-have-come-to-bury-the-bios-not-to-open-it-the-need-for-holistic-systems/ https://www.osfc.io/2022/talks/i-have-come-to-bury-the-bios-... * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33145411 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33145411 (discussion at the time)