Computer with no proprietary software or firmware blobs

At the CUUG meeting tonight, I mentioned a project to produce a computer
that is open and secure all the way down to the silicon:

Talos Secure Workstation
<https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation>

They explain
<https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation/updates/a-word-on-lockdown>
the concept of a blob-free computer as follows:

> Hardware that has source code available for every compiled firmware,
> system, or other binary required to make the system functional, from
> initial power application to a full operating environment.
>
They key to this is the IBM POWER8 processor and architecture, which
they say <https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php> is
"the only open, owner-controllable architecture that is competitive in
performance."

It's a very interesting project and well worth reading about.

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