The Open Compute Project Opens Hardware Hack Registration
The Open Compute Project will host it's first hardware hackathon at the upcoming Open Compute Summit on January 16-17, 2013, in Santa Clara, CA.Participants can register for the hack at http://www.eventfarm.com/ocphack. There will be a limit of 100+ people. In addition, participants who register for the hack will also be registered for the entire OCP summit. The summit will be in the Bay Area at the Santa Clara convention center. OCP is asking that once participants register for the hack, they participate in the entire hack, 6 to 10 hours over the course of the two day OCP summit.
Participating engineers will use the Upverter platform among others. Tutorials will be provided and the Upverter team will be available to provide guidance throughout the hack. Hackers will be separated into different teams for the duration of the hack and present the end results at the summits plenary on the 17th. Reference material on hardware design and circulate information on Upverter tools will be provided.