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.