I thought you, Rob and interested others would find this article interesting as it follows along the lines of what you stated earlier with some different details.
First the article: http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/11/end-of-the-line-for-ibms-cell.ars You'll note that future development and computers (including laptops - Yippee!) will follow along an integrated or morphed design path which implements both AMD/Intel with Cell/PowerPC aspects of handling complex processing. This could well mean systems which look more like the system which is within the Toshiba Qosimo (referring to what Toshiba calls it's SPEC engine). I recall discussing details regarding how the Cell's technology was morphed into the SPEC engine with some astute people at the YDL Board awhile ago. IBM's decision therefore kills the Cell as Cell, but not what was derived by learning and working with it. It is interesting that this movement forward comprises methods previously exclusive to disparate architecture families (Intel v. PowerPC); everything running today will need to be rewritten for those newer systems as they will be unlike what has come before. This also means something rather challenging which I hinted at previously, the skills needed to program the new systems will require people familiar programming for PowerPC/Cell and Intel systems. A skill which remains rare and becoming rarer still. However those skills are transferable and advantageous in leaping forward into seriously working with this new hybrid. The new hybrid will be further advanced than the system within the Qosimo. As the hardware moving forward has changed so must Linux and commercial operating systems. YDL won't remain what it is; it will have to morph into something else to meet what is coming. That choice, if any is made, is up to Fixstars. I hope that they choose well so that they are right in the thick of it. The best to all... On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:46:22 -0800 Warren Nagourney <war...@phys.washington.edu> wrote: > That's very interesting, Rob. Were the apps compiled using the same > compilers (with the same degree of optimization) in both cases? Were > the time differences actual CPU time of just elapsed time? ... > ========= Refranes/Popular sayings: The Taino say:No hay mal que por bien no venga. There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom.
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