[$] OpenPOWER opens further

In what was to prove something of a theme throughout the morning, HughBlemings said that he had been feeling a bit like a kid waiting forChristmas recently, but that the day when the presents can be unwrapped hadfinally arrived. He is the executive director of the OpenPOWERFoundation and was kicking off the keynotes for the second day of the2019OpenPOWER Summit North America; the keynotes would reveal the "mostsignificant and impressive announcements" in the history of the project, hesaid. Multiple presentations outlined a major change in the openness ofthe OpenPOWER instruction set architecture (ISA), along with variousrelated hardware and software pieces; in short, OpenPOWER can be used bycompliant products without paying royalties and with a grant of the patentsthat IBM holds on it. In addition, the foundation will be moving under theaegis of the Linux Foundation.