Facebook Hands Motherboard Designs To Open Compute Project

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

The "Group Hug" board is a datacentre motherboard that can run using a variety of system on chips (SOCs). Originally made by Facebook, the board's designs will be available for equipment makers and enterprises via the OCP.

"We are establishing a common slot for any SOC creator in the world to create a chip for a common socket," chairman of the OCP and Facebook vice president of hardware design and supply chain operations Frank Frankovsky at the OCP Summit in Santa Clara, CA...