These reference designs describe the essential components of an IBM® POWER9 system with the POWER9 Processor - Sforza Module.. Third parties may copy, enhance, and modify these designs. Use of these designs enables engineers to quickly evaluate systems and may reduce product development time.

• TPM Riser Card (Sforza)

  This material supports Trusted Platform Module (TPM) riser card designs with the POWER9 processor Sforza module.

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  Trusted Platform Module Riser Card Design

  The specialized schematic and layout files provided here support the OpenPOWER Trusted Platform Module (TPM) riser card design. Used with EDA software from Cadence Design Systems, Inc., these files enable the efficient design of PCBs for the TPM riser card design. This riser card can be used in IBM POWER8, IBM POWER8 with NVIDIA® NVLink™...

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• 2-Socket Reference Design (Sforza)

  This material supports 2-socket IBM® POWER9 designs with the POWER9 Processor - Sforza Module.

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  POWER9 eATX Reference Design for the Sforza SCM

  The specialized schematic and layout files described in this document support the IBM® POWER9™ eATX reference design for the Sforza single-chip module (SCM). Used with EDA software from Cadence Design Systems, Inc., these files enable the efficient design of PCBs for the POWER9 eATX reference design.

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  Intersil Power Regulation Reference Design for the POWER9 Sforza Single-Chip Module

  This design is an Intersil multiphase regulator solution that can be used for CPU regulation. It supports the Adaptive Voltage Scaling Bus (AVSBus) and Power Management Bus (PMBus) standards required for operation within the IBM® POWER9™ architecture.

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