<p>IBM for decades was the only company making servers based on its proprietary Power architecture, but that's not the case anymore.</p><p>Servergy will be the first server maker outside IBM to use Power chips in its Cleantech Server CTS-1000, a blade server the size of a legal pad. The server is the first product being announced after IBM said last August that it would license its Power architecture to third parties.</p><p>The server maker also said it would join the IBM-led OpenPower Consortium, which focuses on software and hardware development around the Power architecture. Tyan, a member of the consortium, said last August that it would build a Power server, but it hasn't announced a product yet. Other consortium members are Nvidia, Google, Samsung Electronics, Mellanox, Suzhou PowerCore Technology Company, Fusion-IO, Xilinx and Altera, which joined on Monday.</p><p>The new server also makes Power a competitor in a chip architecture battle involving x86 processors, which dominate the server market, and ARM, which is emerging as a credible threat. Power servers were largely relegated to IBM's mainframes and servers running Unix or Linux operating systems, but Servergy's blade server brings the architecture to low-end and midrange server markets. IBM started OpenPower Consortium with the hope of extending Power chips into more servers.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2111140/servergy-becomes-first-company-outside-of-ibm-to-build-power-server.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/altera-joins-ibm-openpower-foundation-to-enable-the-development-of-next-generation-data-centers-2014-03-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp">Altera Joins IBM OpenPOWER Foundation to Enable the Development of Next ...</a> (MarketWatch)</p><p><a href="http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/03/24/5798831/servergy-joins-the-openpower-foundation.html?sp=/100/773/385/">Servergy Joins the OpenPOWER Foundation</a> (The Herald | HeraldOnline.com (press release))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-shmWgvonyAI2MrOvIjQ9L8TaamM&authuser=0&ned=us">10 additional articles.</a></p>
