# Various POWER Communities
- [An effort to make a 100% Libre POWER Laptop](https://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/)
- I still can't figure out if this chip is POWER8 or POWER9. Please verify!
- - [Power Progress Community](https://www.powerprogress.org/campaigns/donations-to-all-the-power-progress-community-projects/]
+ I still can't figure out if its chip is POWER8 or POWER9. Please verify!
+ - [Power Progress Community](https://www.powerprogress.org/campaigns/donations-to-all-the-power-progress-community-projects/)
Supporting/Raising awareness of various POWER related open projects on the FOSS
community
- [OpenPOWER](https://openpowerfoundation.org)
High performance interconnect for POWER machines. One of the big advantages
of the POWER architecture. Notably more performant than PCIE Gen4, and is
designed to be layered on top of the physical PCIE link.
+ - [OpenPOWER “Virtual Coffee” Calls](https://openpowerfoundation.org/openpower-virtual-coffee-calls/)
+ Truly open bi-weekly teleconference lines for anybody interested in helping
+ advance or adopting the POWER architecture.
# Free Silicon Conference