We are pleased to announce our collaboration with Power Progress Community (PPC), the association behind the creation of a PowerPC processor laptop, in this case the NXP T2080. The PowerPC instruction set has been recently released by IBM as open source and given to the Linux Foundation.

The PPC project aims to create and promote open source hardware and software. The project was born in Italy in 2016.

In the software part, PPC adapts and compiles a well known version of GNU / Linuxl, Debian. You can find some applications in its repository.

In the hardware part, its efforts are focused on collaborating with Acube Systems to manufacture the motherboard, which will be powered by the aforementioned processor.

Slimbook joined the project at the beginning of 2019, providing the entire body of the laptop. The body of the laptop is actually the entire case, the cooling system, the screen, the keyboard, the backlight, the webcam, the speakers and the battery.

After several months of work, sharing with them electronic schemes of all the components we contribute, it’s time to be prepared to manufacture the motherboard and that is why the PPC association has initiated the fundraising campaign. (Do not hesitate to make your contribution to the project)

Externally, the design of the computer is our Eclipse model, because having its large cabin, adapts to the needs of the notebook, which among other features will have MXM removable graphics card.

Below you can see a picture of it and then the electronic schematics.

Lastly, if you want to see the processor in action, here is a video of how it behaves by browsing or when playing some games: