Platform Support for Sony PlayStation 3
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| Available for download today on Power Developer are the patches to
| Linux kernel 2.6.19 and corresponding documentation and bootloader
| required to make Linux boot on the Playstation 3.
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http://www.powerdeveloper.org/playstation.php
http://www.powerdeveloper.org/news.php?id=274
This will probably encourage developers to distribute PS3 distros other than
Yellow Dog Linux...
...Could even get a server-oriented distros prepared to carry the load while
the PS3 is idle (e.g. no gaming, then handle some spikes in a remote
datacenter... or use the Cell for research that requires computational
servers).
Also see:
Terra Soft to Build World's First Cell-Based Supercomputer
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| Both clusters will run the new Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 operating system; a
| beta version of Y-HPC v2.0, the first commercial, cross-architecture
| Linux cluster construction suite; the Moab cluster management suite by
| Cluster Resources; and Y-Bio v1.1, a suite of gene sequence analysis
| tools soon to be optimized for the Cell processor.
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http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/967146.html
IBM cells out, allegedly
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| Biggish blue has officially released its first computing system based
| around the Cell Broadband Engine, or Cell BE.
|
| [...]
|
| One of the beta users at the University of Manchester said it gave the
| outfit improved performance, took up less space, and consumed less power.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34831
IBM begins selling Cell blades
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| Unlike IBM blades with Big Blue's Power processors, Intel's Xeon or
| Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron, the Cell blades can't be intermixed
| with other varieties in the same BladeCenter chassis. The systems
| run Red Hat's Fedora Core 5 version of Linux.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6115225.html?part=rss&tag=6115225&subj=news
IBM begins selling Cell blades
,----[ Quote ]
| Unlike IBM blades with Big Blue's Power processors, Intel's Xeon or
| Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron, the Cell blades can't be intermixed
| with other varieties in the same BladeCenter chassis. The systemsr
| un Red Hat's Fedora Core 5 version of Linux.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-6115225.html?part=rss&tag=6115225&subj=news
IBM's Got Serious Game
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| IBM reported last week that it won the bid to supply
| the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration with
| its latest supercomputer. It will begin installing the first phase of
| the machine, nicknamed Roadrunner, this October.
|
| [...]
|
| Although the supercomputer's name is Roadrunner, and it uses chips
| designed for the gaming industry, its initial task will be no game --
| it'll be simulating nuclear explosions. However, because the machine is
| built from commercially available hardware and based on Linux software,
| the cost of building and maintaining the supercomputer will inevitably
| drop over time. As it does, a variety of new and more
| business-friendly applications will emerge.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/fool/060911/115800018112.html?.v=1
Terra Soft to Build World's First Cell-Based Supercomputer
,----[ Quote ]
| Both clusters will run the new Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 operating system; a
| beta version of Y-HPC v2.0, the first commercial, cross-architecture
| Linux cluster construction suite; the Moab cluster management suite by
| Cluster Resources; and Y-Bio v1.1, a suite of gene sequence analysis
| tools soon to be optimized for the Cell processor.
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http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/967146.html
Gaming helps science and productivity through research. No good ol' 32-bit
x86...
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