On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 12:56 -0800, Dann Corbit wrote: > It's too bad that they have a restrictive license. > > Perhaps there is an opportunity to create an "information appliance" > that contains a special build of PostgreSQL, a nice heap of super-speedy > disk, and a big pile of GPUs for sort and merge type operations. The > thing that seems nice to me about this idea is that you would have a > very stable test platform (all hardware and software combinations would > be known and thoroughly tested) and you might also get some extreme > performance. > > I guess that a better sort than GPUSort could be written from scratch, > but legal entanglements with the use of the graphics cards may make the > whole concept DOA.
Maybe some physics engines are also wort a look. Soemthing like: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/04/review_ageia_physx_board/ could suit some DB tasks better than GPU ------------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
