Open Compute Platform (OCP)

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Facebook Blows Up The Server Industry With New Open Source Hardware

Lucian Parfeni | Softpedia | January 17, 2013

It may seem a bit strange, but Facebook has some serious hardware chops these days. It started with the open hardware server designs, but this year the company is doing one better and unveiling a new standard server design that should allow for much more modular servers and racks. Read More »

Facebook Hands Motherboard Designs To Open Compute Project

James Dohnert | V3.co.uk | January 17, 2013

Facebook has agreed to add its designs for a new common slot architecture specification for datacentre motherboards into the Open Compute Platform (OCP) initiative. Read More »

Facebook Shatters The Computer Server Into Tiny Pieces

Cade Metz | Wired | January 16, 2013

As the man at the center of Facebook’s Open Compute Project, Frankovsky spent the last two years rethinking the very essence of the computer hardware that runs the company’s massive social network — and sharing his ever-evolving data center ideology with the rest of the tech world. He’s a kind of hardware philosopher. And now he looks like one too. Read More »