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Power Architecture Platform Reference

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Power Architecture Platform Reference (PAPR) is an initiative from Power.org to make a new open computing platform based on Power Architecture technology. It follows two previous attempts, PReP and CHRP in the 1990's.

The PAPR specification is scheduled for release the third quarter of 2006 and will provide the foundation for development of standard Power Architecture computers running the Linux operating system. PAPR is Power.org's move toward what IBM did originally with CHRP, in that it defines a common hardware definition and software/firmware platform under a set of requirements.

Future versions may include PAPR-E and PAPR-M specifications for embedded and multimedia applications.[1]

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