The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a

PowerPC PowerPC (with the backronym Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC – Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) created by the 1991 Apple Inc., App ...

based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi. The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of PowerPC microprocessors from

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and

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. 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

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and

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. Manufacturing of the ODW was discontinued in favor of the

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architecture.

Specification

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1.0 GHz MPC7447 processor * 512 MB DDR RAM (two slots, up to 2 GB) * 80 GB ATA100

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* Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive *

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support * 3× PCI slots * AGP based

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9250 graphics ( DVI,

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and

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out) * 4×

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mouse and keyboard support * 3× FireWire 400 (two external) * 2× Ethernet ports, 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit *

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sound – in/out, analog and digital (

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) *

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-port *

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and serial ports (supporting

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) *

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motherboard (236×172 mm) * Small Footprint Case - (92×310×400 mm)

References

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External links

Genesi's ODW page

ODW specification at PowerDeveloper.org

Linux resources for ODW at Freescale
PowerPC mainboards