* Tim Smith fired off this tart reply:
> In article <mKYcj.26048$k27.24114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No whining about how "you can't access the SPE's to do any meaningful
>> work". He just does it.
>
> This is the kind of problem the SPEs are good at--a computational task
> that fits within the range of computation they are good at, that can be
> split up into independent work units, that doesn't need too much data
> exchange, and doesn't have to interact too much with your regular Linux
> programs.
>
> PS3 as desktop killer is ridiculous and will not happen.
Whoop de doo. You won't find me thinking that.
> PS3 as a
> cluster node in a supercomputer is a good and sensible idea (at least
> until someone makes a Cell-based motherboard available for building into
> custom supercomputer nodes--then you wouldn't have to waste money on
> Blu-Ray drives and expensive GPUs on your cluster nodes).
Who cares! <hoots> It's grant money! Belly up to the government teat
and have a ball!
(Do I sound cynical?)
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Tux rox!
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