Is it possible to get a POWER-based SBC?

I do not know your motivation for investing in Power technology as a "primary workstation+server" nor am I challenging it.  I was also a Unix PPC developer in years long past and found them to be just as good as DEC VAX or Intel-based systems.  But, as you can see on the Internet, manufacturers interested in small products are abandoning Power technologies (or never considered them) in favor of ARM, Intel, or AMD.  Its all about money and momentum.

Regarding the Genesi company (https://genesi.company/aboutus ), they seems focused on (freescale today) ARM-based hardware.  For example, https://genesi.company/products/efika/5200b (discontinued), they state: "The 5200B-based version of the EfikaPPC mainboard has been discontinued and was replaced with the EFIKA MX. While the EfikaPPC is no longer in stock at Genesi, it is still available with resellers."  EFIKA MX (also discontinued) is ARM-based.  Actually, a lot of their products and "Projects" have been discontinued.  That is a bit worrying to me.

Power architecture-based products may see a resurgence in the future but that is speculation on my part.  I suspect that IBM is trying to salvage their investment in the i-Series. 

Keep an eye on https://openpowerfoundation.org/the-next-step-in-the-openpower-foundation-journey/

In the UK:   https://www.broadberry.co.uk/tyan-rackmount-servers   You might investigate Broadberry for leads.

Tyan has been manufacturing Power-based products using Broadberry and others as distributors.

It looks like all of the new and continuing Power-based development is focused on rack and server.

Whatever you decide to do, I suggest avoiding discontinued, ebbing, or inactive products so as to continue getting consumer support in terms of documentation, user forums, and product updates.

Good luck.

Hi Andrew,

In case you are not aware of it this web site https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home  has been covering the Talos workstations for over a year now.

There are quite a few articles about both versions that may have useful information about the problems you are having. The owner and pretty much only

contributor of the web site articles has run a series of in depth benchmarks on the server version which indicates a fully working system. I do remember him

having some teething problems too but I do not remember any of the specifics.

What a coincidence, I have actually owned an Efika SBC for a couple of years now. I am more than a little embarrassed  to admit that other than get it up and

running with Linux and testing the I/O available (I have a video card in the PCI slot) that I have done little else with it. I'm afraid that I have just spread myself

way too thin with way too many projects and too many interesting SBCs. I do at least think about getting back to it often but have not done so yet.

One final note, there used to be a nice metal case for the Efika SBC at Directron, I don't know if they are still available.

Apparently, University of California and Stanford University are both actively engaged in RISC-V platforms.  Here is a list of SoC efforts: https://riscv.org/risc-v-cores/

It's not just hardware.  There is also a serious effort in software development too: https://riscv.org/software-status/

One implementation: https://www.hackster.io/news/seeed-studio-announces-gd32-risc-v-development-board-its-latest-gigadevice-gd32v-powered-de…

This RISC-V SBC might be interesting to you: https://www.sifive.com/boards/hifive-unleashed