Linonut wrote:
> * 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?)
>
Nope. But read it again... he got the PS3 for free from Sony. Imagine the
power savings... down from 500 processors to 8?
--
Jerry McBride (jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx)
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