On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:44:57PM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > As with all new languages it will take time, but eventually it will get > there, with a big IF. The biggest(only?) problem with PowerPC in > general right now is hardware availability not lack of interested > developers. Developers will try anything new if it's decently priced > (as ARM/MIPS have already proven). Show me a decent 64-bit PowerPC > board at ~100-200EUR, Talos was a great idea, but about $17k more > expensive than it should have been.
Well there does exist cheaper options, like the $4k T4240QDS-PB, which is 12 core (24 threads) 1.8Ghz 64 bit powerpc. The P5040RDB is $3k for a quad core 64 bit powerpc. That's still not hobby level pricing though. Better than the price of the talos, but also not ppc64el compatible (as far as I know). -- Len Sorensen
