The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi.[when?] The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of PowerPC microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor.
It is a standardized version of the Pegasos II. It was the first open-source based PowerPC computer and gave PowerPC a host/target development environment. Genesi released the complete specification (design and component listing) free of charge. The ODW-derived Home Media Center won the Best in Show award at the Freescale Technology Forum in 2005. It also features an ATI certification and a "Ready for IBM Technology" certification.
It supports a variety of operating systems such as MorphOS, Linux, QNX and OpenSolaris. Manufacturing of the ODW was discontinued[when?] in favor of the EFIKA architecture.
Specification
- Freescale 1.0 GHz MPC7447 processor
- 512 MB DDR RAM (two slots, up to 2 GB)
- 80 GB ATA100 hard disk
- Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive
- Floppy disk support
- 3× PCI slots
- AGP based ATI Radeon 9250 graphics (DVI, VGA and S-Video out)
- 4× USB
- PS/2 mouse and keyboard support
- 3× FireWire 400 (two external)
- 2× Ethernet ports, 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit
- AC'97 sound – in/out, analog and digital (S/PDIF)
- PC game/MIDI-port
- Parallel and serial ports (supporting IrDA)
- MicroATX motherboard (236×172 mm)
- Small Footprint Case - (92×310×400 mm)
External links
References
"Freescale Technology Forum Best of Show winner exemplifies cool, innovative technology". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2016-07-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205024229/http://www.freescale.com/media_center/news_releases/2005/corp/06-21-05_FTF_BESTOFSHOW.html ↩
"CERTIFIED BY ATI - Product List". Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20071025060852/http://ati.amd.com/products/certified/genesi.html ↩
"IBM - Open Desktop Workstation". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20070203085609/http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/gsdod/solutiondetails.do?solutionId=10567&lc=en ↩