[hpcdev-discuss] Cell Processing and (Open)Solaris

2009-03-12 Thread Rayson Ho
Currently there are 2 ways to "run" cell: First way is to run cell as a CPU -- the OS runs on the PPEs and the tasks (similar to threads) runs on the SPEs. Note that there are lots of limitations on what the tasks can do, and also note that the tasks do not have the ability to directly address the

[hpcdev-discuss] Cell Processing and (Open)Solaris

2009-03-12 Thread Carlos Cardenas
Has anyone done anything with Cell Processing and (Open)Solaris? I don't see anyone trying to port OpenSolaris to the Cell (like running on a PS3 or anything) but I was interested if anyone was using one of the following cards with OpenSolaris: http://www.mc.com/microsites/cell/ProductDetails