From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E77F3BC6B for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:49:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sdmx1.scea.com (sdmx1.scea.com [160.33.44.36]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l86InL8C021436 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:49:22 +0200 Received: from edenfox.989studios.com (edenfox.989studios.com [160.33.45.60]) by sdmx1.scea.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l86InFiS022601; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:49:15 -0700 X-Envelope-From: X-Envelope-To: X-Envelope-To: X-Envelope-To: X-Envelope-To: Received: from postal1-dog.naughtydog.com (testmail.naughtydog.com [10.15.0.5]) by edenfox.989studios.com (8.13.7/8.13.7/SCEAint-1.0) with ESMTP id l86InDvt032371; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:49:14 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([150.0.6.116]) by postal1-dog.naughtydog.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:47:59 -0700 Message-ID: <46E04B85.1020004@naughtydog.com> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:48:37 -0700 From: Pal-Kristian Engstad User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christophe Raffalli Cc: David MENTRE , "Harrison, John R" , Caml-list List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] More registers in modern day CPUs References: <875c7e070709060755r1d0d099ds30a25ea78d0fd85a@mail.gmail.com> <46E01A27.1070207@janestcapital.com> <509223F0BF55E74FA1247D17207E7A0C01D75893@orsmsx419.amr.corp.intel.com> <87r6lb90tw.fsf@linux-france.org> <46E046DF.5010103@univ-savoie.fr> In-Reply-To: <46E046DF.5010103@univ-savoie.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Sep 2007 18:47:59.0003 (UTC) FILETIME=[71F64EB0:01C7F0B6] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 160.33.44.36 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.62 on 160.33.45.60 X-BorderEnvelope-To: X-BorderEnvelope-To: X-BorderEnvelope-To: X-BorderEnvelope-To: X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 46E04BB1.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.01; pke:01 christophe:01 raffalli:01 simd:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 sells:98 blade:98 sony:98 toshiba:98 2.1:98 2007.:98 dog:98 beginners:01 Hi, IBM sells their IBM BladeCenter QS20 blade for around $20,000, which may be a bit much for most people. Instead, why not install Linux on the PS3? Or buy 3 or 4, for the price of one "gaming PC"? For instance, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLte5f34ya8 Thanks, PKE. Christophe Raffalli wrote: > David MENTRE a écrit : > >> Hello, >> >> "Harrison, John R" writes: >> >> >> >>> Both the old Inmos Transputer and the the more recent IBM/Sony/Toshiba >>> Cell processor have/had a dedicated area of fast memory, rather like a >>> giant memory-based register file. >>> >>> >> The Cell SPE has 128 registers of 128 bits. >> >> http://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/FC857AE550F7EB83872571A80061F788/$file/CBE_Tutorial_v2.1_1March2007.pdf >> >> "Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs) The eight SPEs are SIMD >> processors optimized for data-rich operations allocated to them by the >> PPE. Each of these identical elements contains a RISC core, 256-KB, >> software-controlled local store for instructions and data, and a large >> (128-bit, 128-entry) unified register file." >> >> >> Yours, >> d. >> >> > And apart from the playstation III (under linux for sure ;-), what kind > of not too expensive computer > can we buy with Cell Processors inside ? > > Regards, > C. > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > -- Pål-Kristian Engstad (engstad@naughtydog.com), Lead Graphics & Engine Programmer, Naughty Dog, Inc., 1601 Cloverfield Blvd, 6000 North, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. Ph.: (310) 633-9112. "Most of us would do well to remember that there is a reason Carmack is Carmack, and we are not Carmack.", Jonathan Blow, 2/1/2006, GD Algo Mailing List