Is there any chance that there will be a compiler for the Sony
Playstation Cell processor.
As touted, it might just outdo most of the Intel/AMD chips on Floating
point and since Floating point performance is all I am interested in,
for my work it would be nice to see if it is really better.
It would also be nice to be able to compile programs on/for it.
I use anything that gives me the better floating point/$ ratio.
PSIII It does run linux as you all know.
Quoted from wiki.
"Linux
Gentoo Linux installed on a PS3.
Originally Sony stated that they were going to pre-install Linux on the
PS3's hard drive, but current units shipping do not include Linux
pre-installed. Instead, Sony has made an option in the XMB menu to
install other operating systems.[44]
Fedora Core 5 and Gentoo have been run on the PS3[45][46]. Fedora Core 5
has, however, not been optimized for the relatively low amount of RAM.
The Sony-sponsored Yellow Dog Linux for the PS3 was released on November
27, 2006 to the YDL.net community, and was released on DVD on December
11, 2006, and finally as a publicly available image in late December.[47]
“ Because we have plans for having Linux on board [the PS3], we also
recognize Linux programming activities… Other than game studios tied to
official developer licenses, we'd like to see various individuals
participate in content creation for the PS3. ”
—on the presence of the Linux in the PS3.
L Venter
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