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If I understand you correctly it means the primary use case is security applications that need transparency at all levels on a system that is roughly equivalent
by alchemist1e9 1y ago
If I understand you correctly it means the primary use case is security applications that need transparency at all levels on a system that is roughly equivalent to mainstream platform performance features. Is that accurate?
- classichasclass 1y agoAs I see it, these systems have two potential markets (some natural overlap exists): the first being people like me who don't want to necessarily feed the x86-64 beast if they can avoid it, and the second indeed being people who want a completely auditable, transparent platform. In both cases to be a practical alternative the computer needs to have similar performance to what you'd get from a modern desktop, and while POWER9 is no longer cutting edge, it still generally delivers.
- gosub100 1y agoIf I could afford one I would, not because of security, but just the geek in me finds it cool. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, there were several non-x86 architectures that were more powerful, and even 64 bit long before Intel ever did. The DEC alpha, SPARC, and others. I was also too poor to afford those back then but I remember them fondly.
- rbanffy 1y ago> even 64 bit long before Intel ever did. At some point I was reading e-mail on a 64-bit SGI machine while we waited for the Dell the company ordered for me to arrive. The day it came in was one of the saddest days of my life.