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Seneca College has been awarded an [http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/IRCC-CRIC_eng.asp NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges] (IRCC) grant for OSTEP research. | Seneca College has been awarded an [http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/IRCC-CRIC_eng.asp NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges] (IRCC) grant for OSTEP research. | ||
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Revision as of 15:45, 16 May 2014
Emerging computer platforms promise substantial benefits over current systems. For example, hyperscale ARM™ servers promise savings of up to 90% in space, power consumption, and cooling requirements. Despite the compelling benefits, adoption of these systems hinges on the availability of industry-standard software.
Open Source Technology for Emerging Platform (OSTEP) applied research at Seneca's Centre for Development of Open Technology is focused on bringing standard open source software, including Linux, web, application server, file and print, and database software, to these emerging platforms.
NSERC Industrial Research Chair
Seneca College has been awarded an NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges (IRCC) grant for OSTEP research.
The OSTEP chairholder is Chris Tyler; the term of the IRCC grant is March 2012 to March 2017.
Fedora ARM
The initial phases of OSTEP research have involved advancing the state of the Fedora ARM Secondary Architecture project, bringing the thousands of open source packages in the Fedora distribution to low-power ARM processors. Seneca operated the public Fedora ARM Koji Buildsystem until commercially-available enterprise-class ARM servers systems became available in February 2013 and the build system was subsequently moved to the Fedora data centre colocation in Phoenix AZ. OSTEP collaborates globally with members of the Fedora community to prepare the Fedora ARM software releases. Together we are steadily moving toward the goal of promoting ARM from secondary to primary architecture status.
Pidora, the Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix
In addition to the Fedora ARM releases, the OSTEP project maintains Pidora, which combines the Fedora ARM software with proprietary software and some hardware-specific packages to support the Raspberry Pi $35 educational computer. This software is built at CDOT in Toronto.
