Open Desktop Workstation

The Open Desktop Workstation, also referred to as ODW is a PowerPC based computer, by San Antonio-based Genesi.

The ODW has an interchangeable CPU card allowing for a wide range of PowerPC microprocessors from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor.

Genesi have 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.

[3] It supports a variety of operating systems such as MorphOS, Linux, QNX and OpenSolaris.