Wow, thanks for taking the time to respond! :)<p>And now I get it: RAM emulation is not 100% stable due to the fact that application architecture simply isn&#x27;t optimized at all to handle the interfaces yet, as opposed to flaky hardware (my initial arguably logical assumption). The article could have made that a little plainer, thanks for clearing that up.<p>And thanks for dropping those performance figures; if there was an ELI5<i>-sized soundbite explaining the rationale behind this card, that would be it.<p>(</i> <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;ExplainLikeImFive" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;ExplainLikeImFive</a> (ELI5) explains complex subjects using accessible, respectful simplifications. If I may say so, your explanation fits precisely into that category. :P)<p>It&#x27;s sad there&#x27;s nothing like this for x86, but I wouldn&#x27;t be too surprised if it were deemed too difficult to support an I&#x2F;O path as performant as this without uncomfortable architectural changes. On that note, POWER8 is still at the point where it has the chance to lock in a future-proof architectural design, and hopefully it takes full advantage of that.<p>My mention of ATX was simply a reference to &quot;it doesn&#x27;t need to be tiny or cool, it just needs to exist,&quot; but it appears the board you linked is currently the only product with any sort of vague open market presence. I definitely look forward to more accessible POWER architecture products in the future. :D<p>Finally, thanks heaps for the PTOpenLab link! I&#x27;m still figuring out their points system and how that translates to daily usage allowance, but this looks incredibly cool. It&#x27;s places like this that are laying the groundwork :)