Open Desktop Workstation

Genesi Open Desktop Workstation, built around the Pegasos II.

The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi.[when?] The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of PowerPC microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor.

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.[1] It also features an ATI certification[2] and a "Ready for IBM Technology" certification.[3]

It supports a variety of operating systems such as MorphOS, Linux, QNX and OpenSolaris. Manufacturing of the ODW was discontinued[when?] in favor of the EFIKA architecture.

## Specification

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* Freescale 1.0 GHz MPC7447 processor
* 512 MB DDR RAM (two slots, up to 2 GB)
* 80 GB ATA100 hard disk
* Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive
* Floppy disk support
* 3× PCI slots
* AGP based ATI Radeon 9250 graphics (DVI, VGA and S-Video out)
* 4× USB
* PS/2 mouse and keyboard support
* 3× FireWire 400 (two external)
* 2× Ethernet ports, 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit
* AC'97 sound – in/out, analog and digital (S/PDIF)
* PC game/MIDI-port
* Parallel and serial ports (supporting IrDA)
* MicroATX motherboard (236×172 mm)
* Small Footprint Case - (92×310×400 mm)

## References

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1. ^ "Freescale Technology Forum Best of Show winner exemplifies cool, innovative technology". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
2. ^ "CERTIFIED BY ATI - Product List". Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
3. ^ "IBM - Open Desktop Workstation". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

## External links

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* Genesi's ODW page
* ODW specification at PowerDeveloper.org
* Linux resources for ODW at Freescale