All, We have posted a new page to help guide people to the on-line resources for Cell programming. I will appreciate any feedback as to how we can improve this page, links to add, overview, etc.
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/ydl/devel.shtml kai > > This may seem like a very simple question that > > requires a complex answer, not in the actually words, > > but what it will entail. So, here is my question. If I > > wanted to get involved in learning to code for the > > PS3, which would be for YDL I suppose, what books or > > language would be best to learn? Eventually it would > > be nice to be able to make games for the PS3, but I > > Right now the only languages that know the SPUs exist on the Cell is C > and C++. This is the specialized cores on the Cell you use to do all > the grunt work. And the only compilers that has extensions for C or > C++ to use the SPUs are xlc, gcc, g++. xlc is from IBM and the rest is > a part of GNU's GCC. > > The Cell processor is also a PowerPC CPU so if you want to learn how > to program first without using the SPUs you can pick any language you > like. But to get any real benefits you want the SPUs especially since > we don't have access to the GPU on the PS3. > > YDL ships with one of IBM's SDK that has the compilers and other tools > you can start off with. > > As for books, I only know a little C++ but have read the following: > http://rudbek.com/books.html > > For game development is a separate list of books I don't have. I don't > like many web tutorials on C++ and have given up. > > For more information on the Cell: > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/ > > Happy hacking. > > > know that is a long way off. I haven't formally > > studied anything higher than basic computer science, > > but I am getting my PhD in Molecular Genetics, so I > > think I am capable of learning, but don't really know > > where to begin. I have always wanted a project like > > this on the side, that I am passionate about and could > > be fun. Any resources or direction would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Michael Torres > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
